I traveled a lot. Mostly by bus. With Volvo and a/c buses, long distance travel has now become much comfortable. Still, I avoided to travel by sleeper bus. Although, I really loved to travel by sleeper coach of the train, I remained prejudiced to take sleeper bus for any of my tours. I never liked the idea to travel by sleeper bus. Few of my friends recommended me to travel by sleeper bus on few occasions. They were all in praise for the comfort they experienced during their travel. I always laughed at the idea, sometimes ridiculed it. I felt the idea to travel sleeping on sleeper –seat with some unknown co-traveler lying next to me, very funny. I could not consume the idea. But, last week I had to travel the way I disliked.
I had to rush to Aurangbad to attend a meeting. Only linking bus available from Kolhapur was sleeper coach! I reserved a seat reluctantly.
It departed from kolhapur at around 9.30 p.m.. Till midnight I just sitting on the seat with window fully open. My co- traveler was telling about the comfort of the sleeper seat. When he found me uneasy, he offered me his mobile handset so I could listen to songs on FM radio. His efforts were to make me at ease. Finally, I did lie on the seat. I was restless initially for few moments. Then I felt it comforting. Rest of journey was beautiful. When I alighted form the bus, I was feeling totally fresh; no sign of wakefulness. I blamed myself for depriving me of such comforting journey earlier.I returned same night. I was so fascinated with the journey earlier night, I tried to get sleeper coach for my travel back home. No sleeper coach was available. I traveled back by Volvo bus. I was thinking during my return journey, why I was so averse to travel by a sleeper coach earlier? Why I was so prejudiced to that?
Really, I do not have any answer how the prejudice was formed and why I nurtured it? This could be a minor thing. But there are many other things, we find ourselves prejudiced to, many a times, without any valid reason or for no reason. Why? It is a mystery.
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- सुरेश सखाराम नाईक (गोवा) पत्रकार, लेखक. साहित्यिक व सांस्कृतिक क्षेत्रात सतत कार्यरत. "गोमन्तक'च्या निवासी संपादकपदासह "गोमन्तक' आणि "सकाळ'मध्ये वीस वर्षांचा पत्रकारितेचा अनुभव. गोमंतक साहित्य सेवक मंडळ या साहित्यविषयक कार्य करणाऱ्या संस्थेचे 2004 पासून अध्यक्ष. अखिल भारतीय मराठी साहित्य महामंडळाचे सदस्य. कला अकादमी, गोवा या संस्थेच्या जनरल कौन्सिलचे आणि साहित्यविषयक उपसमितीचे सदस्य. इन्स्टिट्यूट मिनेझिस ब्रागांझा संस्थेचे कार्यकारिणी सदस्य. गोमंतक मराठी अकादमीचे सदस्य आणि कार्यकारिणी सदस्य म्हणून 15 वर्षे कार्य केले आहे. अकादमीच्या "मैत्र' या मासिकांच्या अनेक अंकासाठी संपादनसाह्य केले आहे. गोमंतक साहित्य सेवक मंडळाच्या "साहित्य सेवक' या त्रैमासिकाचे व सध्याच्या वार्षिकाचे संपादक आहेत. मंडळाच्या गोमंतक मराठी साहित्य संमेलनांच्या ,अ.भा. मराठी साहित्य संमेलनाच्या व अन्य अनेक साहित्यिक कार्यक्रमांच्या आयोजनात सतत सहभाग. गोव्याच्या मराठी राजभाषा आंदोलनाचा प्रारंभ करणाऱ्यांपैकी एक. मराठी राजभाषा प्रस्थापन समितीचे कार्यकारिणी सदस्य म्हणूनही काम केले आहे. ठसे (निबंध) रस्ता (कथासंग्रह) पुस्तके प्रसिद्ध. "ठसे'साठी गोमंतक मराठी अकादमीचे प्रकाशनार्थ अर्थसाह्य आणि "रस्ता' कथासंग्रहाला गोमंत विद्या निकेतनचा द्वितीय पुरस्कार लाभला आहे.
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