Travelling by metro

The regular metro commute to office and back can be stressful or boring - but not if you're engrossed in the joys of people-watching. A metro coach is a microcosm of the city - dynamic, diverse and ever-changing. You may encounter a gaggle of school kids chirping away about the new SRK movie.

A couple of stations later, this public theatre could be replaced by a bundle of sombre-looking office-goers SSTing - staring, scrolling, typing - on their phones. While earphones are on almost every commuter ear, for many, striking up a conversation, even a passing one, with fellow passengers is camaraderie of a special kind.

Then there is the bliss of taking in the world zipping past outside. The totally disconnected feeling from the goings-on inside can be zen. Stations serve as pauses between songs in this urban album. Watching passengers being disgorged and ingested is like watching a giant sea creature in action.


The metro coach captures the different shades of the city's humanity, especially as the old 'people travelling on public/private transport' divide gets increasingly blurred. Taste the pleasure of being in the thick of city life. Up and down your city's metro line.