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Travel Diaries #1

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I was travelling by train the other day from Rajamundry to Vizag. A newlywed couple boarded at Annavaram along with their family. I was reading a sci-fi novel in which the conversation between protagonists goes like this:      "Maybe humans could pass on the information through the wink of eyes and facial expressions so that aliens will never be able to decipher it," says one character.      The other one puzzles out and asks, "yeah, but how about complex information or like a complete sentence".      "We can figure that out. Humans started as chimpanzee barks, and look where we are now". After I read that conversation, it felt funny to me. I set my Kindle e-reader aside and reached for my water bottle. Then, I sneaked a glance at the couple who were being profoundly romantic with each other. He was standing at the door and she sat right in front of me, they had their eyes locked on each other. C’mon even a kid could figure out this romantic exchange. She