Around India in 80 Trains
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Published by Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2012
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- Title
- Around India in 80 Trains
- Author
- Rajesh, Monisha
- Publisher
- Nicholas Brealey Publishing
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- very_good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1857885953
- ISBN 13
- 9781857885958
"Crackles and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks." -- William Dalrymple
In 1991, Monisha Rajesh's family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home. Two years later, fed up with soap-eating rats, severed human heads and the creepy colonel across the road, they returned to England with a bitter taste in their mouths.
Two decades on, she turns to a map of the Indian Railways and takes a page out of Jules Verne's classic tale, embarking on an adventure around India in 80 trains, covering 40,000 km - the circumference of the Earth. She hopes that 80 train journeys up, down and across India will lift the veil on a country that has become a stranger to her.
Along the way, Monisha discovers that the Indian Railways - featuring luxury trains, toy trains, Mumbai's infamous commuter trains, and even a hospital on wheels - have more than a few stories to tell, not to mention a colourful cast of characters. And with a self-confessed "militant devout atheist" in tow, her personal journey around a country built on religion isn't quite what she bargained for...
In 1991, Monisha Rajesh's family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home. Two years later, fed up with soap-eating rats, severed human heads and the creepy colonel across the road, they returned to England with a bitter taste in their mouths.
Two decades on, she turns to a map of the Indian Railways and takes a page out of Jules Verne's classic tale, embarking on an adventure around India in 80 trains, covering 40,000 km - the circumference of the Earth. She hopes that 80 train journeys up, down and across India will lift the veil on a country that has become a stranger to her.
Along the way, Monisha discovers that the Indian Railways - featuring luxury trains, toy trains, Mumbai's infamous commuter trains, and even a hospital on wheels - have more than a few stories to tell, not to mention a colourful cast of characters. And with a self-confessed "militant devout atheist" in tow, her personal journey around a country built on religion isn't quite what she bargained for...
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About the Author
Monisha Rajesh is a British journalist at The Week UK. After graduating with a postgraduate diploma from City University's journalism school she has worked as an arts and travel writer.
In 2006 she was nominated for the PTC New Consumer Monthly Journalist of the Year and has written for the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the Times, the New York Times and TIME magazine.
In 2006 she was nominated for the PTC New Consumer Monthly Journalist of the Year and has written for the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the Times, the New York Times and TIME magazine.
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