Indrayani comes of age

This is a very interesting picture I saw in the Times of India today.
So for those not in the know Mumbai is the financial capital of India and Pune is another biggish, growing town nearly 160 km (100 miles) from mumbai.
Now many people live in Pune either because the real estate is cheaper or simply because the entire family loves Pune and hates Mumbai...and yet some of these guys work in south Bombay.
This entails a DAILY commute in excess of 200 miles. These aint the kind of people who have cars so they have a monthly pass for the passenger trains from Mumbai to Pune.
The routine usually begins when they leave home at 4:30 or 5 am to go to Pune station, catch a train to go to Bombay, which takes between 3.5-4 hrs. Then they catch a commuter bus outside the main station (CST/VT) in Mumbai and get to their office. Now this is only the beginning of the work day.
Later, they leave office at 4:30-5, catch the same bus back to the station, a 3.5-4 hr train journey back to Pune and then a rickshaw ride back home.
Life is one long travel and they meet people in the train more than the people either at home or in the office. Strong friendships are forged and the journeymen learn to treat the train as a home away from home. People would usually sit in grps either playing cards, singing songs, reading or even having alcohol together. There is a very strong insider sentiment and they wont usually allow a non member to sit with them in the passholders compartment.

So recently, when one of the trains celebrated its 18th anniversary, its daily travellers ordered this huge cake to celebrate the 18th birthday of this train.