1. I booked 2 Sleeper Class rail tickets(PNR# 433-7055086) for Mangalore-Delhi for 13-02-2012 in Mangla Lakshwadeep Exp(12617), 37 days before journey i.e. on 07-01-2012. The status was PQWL/39 & PQWL/40.
2. When we reached the Mangalore Jn. on 13-02-2012 to catch the train, we were shocked to know that the final status was WL/4 & WL/5.
3. But as that was a long journey and we had to come back anyway, we boarded the train. But we did not have the idea that the Part-2 of our First ever train journey of our life(both of us never traveled in a train before this journey) would become a Nightmare. We did not get a seat to sit except for the journey from Udupi-Margaon & Jhansi-Delhi.
4. The TTE, a man with Beard(who boarded the train from Mangalore or may be before that station), upfrontly and Shamelessly asked us to BRIBE him(Rs. One Thousand) for two seats, but we refused. He became Furious and asked us to sit in front of the Toilets. We traveled from Mangalore-Udupi sitting in front of toilets.
5. Another shock came between Itarsi-Bhopal, when two RPF personnel tried to 'Snatch' money from our pockets. We requested them to spare us with a promise that we would never travel in Indian Railways.

This turned out to be our First and Last journey with Indian Railways.

Although we will never ever travel in a train in our life, I would like to ask Indian Railways:

1. How did people got confirmed tickets even when they booked 15-20 days before the day of journey and we kept in Waitlist?
2. What Indian Railways has done to stop corruption? The entire country, infact the world is crying about Corruption, is this how you are putting yourself to show to Tourists, and not to forget Indian common man, that we are the most corrupt?
3. From where you hired all these Thieves and Decoits (TTEs and RPF) to LOOT people?

Yours
A Common Man