Railway-station goodbyes in Amritsar have their own emotional vocabulary.
Somebody always arrives too early. Somebody always packs too much. Somebody always says eat properly like it can cover every other fear.
The platform fills with affection disguised as practical advice.
Tickets, bags, water, shawls, reminders, warnings, and eyes trying not to say the bigger thing.
The city has a way of making departures feel spiritual as much as logistical.
Maybe because people here understand that leaving and longing are never fully separate.
A lot of Amritsar love has been spoken beside trains without ever using the word love directly.
If one Amritsar station goodbye still sits in your throat, tell it gently here.