BOOK REVIEW
TITLE OF THE BOOK : Around India in 80 Trains
AUTHOR: Monisha Rajesh
The author narrates how she ends up deciding to take this adventure while in London and all the ups and downs during the extensive train journeys in India. I could relate to some of the trains having
traveled on those myself, but they are mostly limited to trains running on the west coast of the country and longer routes towards South India from Delhi. Learning about special trains like Indian Maharaja-Deccan Odyssey, the routes along North-East India and the 4 extreme tips of Indian Railways – Kanyakumari, Dwarka, Udhampur and Ledo – were some of the good outcomes.
Along with the train rides, the author shares personal experiences related to her family, general observations about coming back to India, meeting all sorts of people during the adventure, fights with her companion over his ‘militant atheist’ religious viewpoint and some about discovering herself through Vipassana meditation.
JANUARY 2018
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