The one faithful bus service i can count on to take me between homes...Shivneri :)



Some say the definition of a developed nation is where the rich use public transportation...well in that gray zone of comfort while travelling we have changed from a 2x2 Asiad 25 years ago to the new Volvo's and Scania's in today's times...how automotive tech has changed...the 2x2's still chug along on the expressway but the power of the new machines like the Volvo's is unmatchable...its a good machine and i have seen them make themselves useful over the past 13 years of Mumbai-Pune travel...as luck would have it i always have managed to retain my seat number four at the Sunday 4:30 bus for the better part of thirteen years...the journey is always entertaining when there is a talkative person next to you...anyways...the Shivneri service has been very kind to me over the years...most of the staff at Dadar don't know me by name but they are aware of me as a familiar face...I have never found government transport to be as efficient, well maintained and clean as the Shivneri's...today marked a special day as the God's above gave us a delightful rainbow and it stretched all the way across the bus right at the mid way stop...i guess the logic in the skies above is watching and smiling some days more than the others...bit of a traveler...bit of a "photographer"...bit of a fan...and delighted to be the one to appreciate the service...May you shine on my blue bird of joy...or well in this case orange :)


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