'We were children and could not distinguish freedom from bondage, but we could understand that a momentous and happy event was imminent.'
If the Indian Railways thinks it can get away with this sassy attitude, it is because it is, in a sense, a monopolist in the business of transporting people. The distances one has to cover, say from Thane or Virar to Mumbai is impossible by road provides railways the arrogance, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.
Demonetisation and Agniveer reveal the two mindsets India has become. In both these government schemes, one sees a desire to play the country like an orchestra anchored by conductor/conductors, argues Shyam G Menon.
We bring to you some of the best pictures from across the nation in the last one week.
There is no record of Hridaynath Mangeshkar being sacked by the AIR, Raut said.
Junaid was my son. He was son and brother also to the people on the train compartment of his last journey. He was son or brother also of those at the railway station where he breathed his last breath. This moving excerpt from Harsh Mander's Partitions Of The Heart: Unmaking The Idea Of India reveals why we must immediately end the hatred surging across north India before it consumes us all.
UP police said that a three-foot portion of the track where the train derailed was missing.
Readers reminisce their bitter sweet experiences of ordering meals in the Indian Railways.
Here are some of the worst terror attacks in recent history with trains and passengers as intended targets.
Though the government claims there are more beds than needed, the national capital's COVID-19 reality, retold through social and other media, is also about the anguish of sons, daughters, wives and others trying desperately to get medical help for their unwell family members.
Three important trains - Howrah-New Delhi express, Jammu Tawi express and Dehradun express were diverted due to the blast.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 2,75,04,126, while the case fatality rate has increased to 1.22 per cent, the data stated.
Get ready for a great safari across some of the best national parks in the country, courtesy the Indian Railways.
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