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Make a conscious effort to be a pleasant co-passenger
Indians are not known as the best co-passengers. They tend to be loud, have little or no sense of personal space and generally don’t care if something they do could inconvenience a fellow-traveller.
As an Indian, I of course do not like to be perceived this way. But the fact is, a large number of Indian tourists outside of the country or just co-passengers in public transport whether in India or elsewhere exhibit the above-mentioned traits all the time.
This is the story of the day I undertook the journey from Gangtok in India’s Sikkim state to Kolkata and how the journey could have been much more comfortable had I been lucky enough to not have the two co-passengers that I did. Continue reading Make a conscious effort to be a pleasant co-passenger