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From a Sleeper Coach to a Startup: The Story of Travelkhana Not every startup starts in a big office or a fancy cafe. Some ideas are born in the middle of nowhere on a moving train, between two towns, with just a notebook and a passing thought "Travelkhana" is one of those quiet special stories. It all began with a train ride pushpinder Singh the founder of Travelkhana was just another tired traveller sitting by the window hungry and hoping for something decent to eat at the next stop. But the food was the same as always cold, tasteless, sometimes it didn’t even come. That small moment of frustration made him think why is it so hard to get good food on a train? That thought didn’t leave him he didn’t have investors, there were no media articles and no startup buzz around him. But he had one strong idea to make sure people could order good, fresh food while travelling. What if passengers could choose their meals and get them delivered right at their seat? No stress, no running around on platforms. So he started small he reached out to local restaurants near train stations studied train timings and delays and built a simple system. People could order food on a website or even through a phone call and the food would be ready and waiting at the next station hot, fresh, and on time no more stale samosas or missing meals just comfort on wheels. Slowly people started talking about it passengers liked the idea word spread. Over the next few years Travelkhana grew to hundreds of stations serving thousands of travellers every single day. Whether it was biryani or roti sabzi, it felt like a small upgrade in the middle of a long train ride. What’s beautiful about this story is that it never needed noise. No viral ads, no big funding rounds. Just a simple problem solved in a simple way. Travelkhana didn’t try to be famous It just tried to be helpful and that worked. Even today when someone receives a warm meal on a train somewhere far from home they may not know who built the system but they feel the comfort that’s the magic of a startup born from real life when an idea comes from your own need, you build it with care. And to think, it all began on a train, with an empty stomach and a simple thought.