There's a Girl by the Tracks!

Roma Talreja, a B.Com graduate and call-centre executive, boards a packed Mumbai local. She tries to stand near the door; as the train speeds, she is jostled and loses balance.

Roma Talreja, a B.Com graduate and call-centre executive, boards a packed Mumbai local. She tries to stand near the door; as the train speeds, she is jostled and loses balance.

Roma is pushed or slips and falls from the moving coach. Commuters on another train see a girl in black salwar-kameez lying beside the tracks. People shout: "There's a girl by the tracks!"

Roma is pushed or slips and falls from the moving coach. Commuters on another train see a girl in black salwar-kameez lying beside the tracks. People shout: "There's a girl by the tracks!"

Baleshwar Mishra, a young man from Uttar Pradesh, pulls the emergency chain. He begs fellow passengers to help; none volunteer - fear of police and courts. He jumps off the slowing train himself.

Baleshwar Mishra, a young man from Uttar Pradesh, pulls the emergency chain. He begs fellow passengers to help; none volunteer - fear of police and courts. He jumps off the slowing train himself.

He finds Roma unconscious, bleeding from a head wound. He carries her through shrubbery to the road. Motorists refuse to stop until a tempo-truck driver agrees to drive them to hospital.

He finds Roma unconscious, bleeding from a head wound. He carries her through shrubbery to the road. Motorists refuse to stop until a tempo-truck driver agrees to drive them to hospital.

A small clinic gives only first aid. Baleshwar insists on Divine Multi-Speciality Hospital where Dr. Anil Agarwal admits Roma to ICU without paperwork. Her brother Dinesh is contacted.

A small clinic gives only first aid. Baleshwar insists on Divine Multi-Speciality Hospital where Dr. Anil Agarwal admits Roma to ICU without paperwork. Her brother Dinesh is contacted.

Roma survives and says she can never repay Baleshwar. The story contrasts Mumbai's fear of "getting involved" with one man's selfless courage - SSLC value-based favourite.

Roma survives and says she can never repay Baleshwar. The story contrasts Mumbai's fear of "getting involved" with one man's selfless courage - SSLC value-based favourite.