Nice narration as usual! I never wanted to travel by train in Bihar but I had no option beside that. Travelling in the first class was impossible, neither my dad suggested nor I thought about it. But with fear and a lot of things, I used to travel in the third class compartment remembering one of my australian's teacher comment "India is a volatile country". In one of the trip in Bihar ( its must be along sunauli - mujjafarpur route), I went to the rest room and when I came back, one guy was sitting in my seat. I told him that it was my reserved seat ' instead he repied, ' ye bihar hai bhaiyya , kisi rule nai ha ( something like that in hindi)'. I asked him to get away from my sit, but he insisted me. I just kept on standing remembering my teacher's comment , " India is a volatile country". Finally after 4-5 stations, he got off and I was able to get my seat.