"Do you travel often?" - he (stranger) asked taking off his ear plugs. I was startled with the sudden question. "Mmmm... Not much, just visiting my Aunt" I said taking off my eyes from the book in my hand. Continued in the caption below......... "Do you travel often?" - he (stranger) asked taking off his ear plugs. I was startled with the sudden question. "Mmmm... Not much, just visiting my Aunt" I said taking off my eyes from the book in my hand. "Oh, so you are not from around here?" -he asked again. "YES, I'm from Darjeeling and just paying a short visit to my Aunt in Mirik" I said murkily and started reading again. "Well, you reminded me of an old friend" - he spoke again. I just looked at him and faked a smile. "We used to travel together in this same seat from work to home"- he continued.