Tryst with Indian Railways....
by D.Dhanuraj Couple of months ago, I had applied for Shubh Yatra card issued by Indian railways. Within a few days, the card was delivered at my office. Then I realized that I should be a frequent 2 tier (at least) passenger to make use of the benefits offered by the card. But I am happy with one aspect of the Shubh Yatra card which is nothing but, I don’t have to take platform tickets any more, while I am card member. These days, I have travelled extensively in Indian Railways and many times I could reserve tickets using online Tatkal system thanks to some changes in the rules in the game. Yesterday, I wanted to book online another Tatkal ticket between Trichy and Ernakulam. I waited for an hour before I could realize that IRCTC server is down. It happens so most of those precious times for an online tatkal booking passenger. Since I was staying very near to Chennai Central Station (irctc code: MAS), I thought of walk into the reservation counter before...