My MEMORABLE Metro meet

I met this cute adorable 5-year old boy while travelling in metro; full of energy, innocence and sweetness.

His mom made him sit next to me and very nicely standing over the chair, he was enjoying the view outside. But due to jerks in the metro, I advised him to sit and not to stand because I feared that he might fall and might injure himself. He sat and then started endless conversations.....

As it's said, kids are truer and closer to God; His talks had Purity and Divinity in it, I fell in love with his talks.

“Are you in college?” He asked. He went on before letting me speak “I m 5 year old, studying in school, and I love my teacher. Yesterday I went to attend the birthday party of my teacher”
“Oh wow, so you like school?” I asked.
“Yes, a lot”
“Hey, your mobile is different, my father has one, on which we press on screen” He said.
“That’s because he must be having a touch screen and mine in slider without touchscreen” I said.
“oh, what features are there in your cell?” He asked.

“well, it has music, it can click photos and good memory” I replied.
“Photos!! Hmmm... which button do you use to click it?” He asked.
I was amazed to see the eagerness of this boy.
“It’s this button” I told him. “Do you wanna listen to music?” I asked.
“yea, why not” He said.

Ear phones plugged in!!!

“O.K, I will put the song and you guess which one is it?” I said
“Sure..” he said excitedly.
I put “all izz well..”
“oh this one is ‘murgi wala’ song” His instant reply. Then he started singing the song at a pretty loud voice and everyone was enjoying his sweet voice.
“which is the next station?” He asked.
“Pragati maidan” I said.

Actually we just started moving from that station so I got confused, thought it to be next and said that.... But boy was really smart and he shocked me by his reply.
“Oh didi, you are wrong, next station is ‘mandi house’ and then ‘barakhamba’, then ‘rajiv chowk’ and from there we will change the metro for the yellow line...” He said.

I was like... speechless....

This 5 year old boy was so sharp, naughty, witty, cute. When time passed by with him, I never realized.... will never forget him. It was my most memorable metro meet :)

copyright aditi kochhar

(photographer: kumar k vasan)