Railway (Train) has been an indispensable and inseparable part of all Indians especially Mumbaikars. It represents a repertoire of attitudes, perspectives, socio-economic and cultural diversities, mentalities and also behaviour patterns. It�s the train where one can easily experience the mosaic of emotions and sentiments.
Exploring the deeper intricacies and significance of railway in day to day routine life, one can see it as an inherent, inbuilt aspect of a human being may be symbolizing its function as blood veins, representing the fast & vibrant world with its speed, and also untiring eternal journey as life itself. In recent times Train has got another crucial significance as �happening� place, people consider it as an eventful scenario. Train carries with it thousands of idiosyncrasies representing varied mentalities. It has taught many lessons to the society. People have learnt to get used to all the incidents and happenings in the train. They have got accustomed to the devastating events too. Train here symbolizes time which just goes on and on leaving the past behind.
Mr. Tengshe, the protagonist, being the son of a motorman, is not only a regular traveler but has a very close association with the train right from his birth. His life has been fully captured and gripped by the train experiences. He experiences severe nightmares with train still it is an inevitable part of his life. He represents a typical mediocre class who remain just a passive observer of all the disastrous happenings. He finds himself miserable and helpless as he can not react to them. Being a writer he is stuck in a dilemma whether to react through actions or his words. He is trying hard to react in any possible way to come out of his piercing guilt complex.
This play laments on contemporary social conditions, behaviours and mentalities and a lethargic attitude of a common man who just wants to be the back seat driver and an arm chair critic.
