BJP MP Tejasvi Surya’s wife and singer, Sivasri Skandaprasad, has posted that she was deeply distressed by a train journey.
Sivasri Skandaprasad, who is from Tamil Nadu, married BJP Karnataka MP Tejasvi Surya last year.
Sivasri, a multifaceted artist known as a Carnatic singer and Bharatanatyam dancer, shared a bitter experience she had during a train journey on X.
She said:
”The train journey I took today was very distressing. It is sad to see that people do not know how to behave in public places. When in public places, we should not speak loudly or in a raised voice and disturb others’ personal peace.
As artists, many thoughts are always running through our minds; we perform best only in a peaceful environment.
You can understand the excitement of traveling by train as a large group. But imagine 40 middle-aged people sitting in a coach with 56 seats, talking nonstop in loud voices for more than 5 hours.
The problem in India is that no one can question them. It is an unwritten rule that the other 16 people in that group’s coach (including me) must simply endure the situation.
So, I asked the train ticket inspector whether I could get a seat in another compartment. He tried, but unfortunately the train seats were completely full, so I had to move to another seat in the same compartment. Suddenly, a group of 8 people who had already been talking and laughing nonstop started playing the game 'Uno'.
Then I asked that officer again whether anything could be done. He told them to stop, and they stopped immediately. But after a few minutes, that officer came back again and sarcastically asked, "Why are you making so much noise, sir?" To that, they laughed along with him and said, "Sir, you also come and play with us."
Here, the issue is not who won. As Indians, we have lost in the virtue of how to behave in public places. As a nation, when are we going to improve our sense of how to conduct ourselves in public?
After that, they deliberately started playing Bollywood songs. “Only God can save this country,” he noted.
Many people have been commenting in support of his post.
I had a traumatic train ride today. It is very sad to see how people do not respect public spaces enough. When we are in the public, we should not shout or even talk loudly and disrespect every individual’s personal space in Public. As artists, we have a 100 thoughts running. And…
— Sivasri Skandaprasad (@ArtSivasri) September 24, 2026
