LATTA ASA NANATNUNNAUNAT Ci It was a more than twenty four hour train journey from Bangalore to Delhi on the SamparkKranti Express, Alia and her mother ‘were on their way to Delhi to join her first job, She had just finished her B, Tech in Mechanical Engineering and was excited about landing her first job. The second sleeper eoach was packed with passengers. There was a middle-aged man who looked like a businessman of sorts, There was a family with two kids on vacation, Then there was this elderly lady sitting by the window. Across from the aisle was this Software Engineer reading a book by some Mukhopadhyay. Then there was this Young Lady sitting by. herself on the opposite end of the aisle, lost in her thoughts. AAs the train picked speed so did the conversation. The Elderly Lady was curious where Alia did her Engineering how she got the job. The lady’was pleased to know that Alia had refused job in Surat, Gujarat and chose to work in secular and safe Delhi. At that point in time the Young Lady who was living in Ahmedabad, Gujarat intervened and said that Gujarat was also a part of India and it will be unfair to say that state is not safe in fact it is far safer than few other states of India, ‘The expression of surprise on the face of the Elderly Lady set the tone for the conversation that followed.