Author: Ruskin BondKhushwant Singh/Eminent ContributorsEditor(s): Ruskin BondPublisher: PenguinYear: 2012Language: EnglishPages: 184ISBN/UPC (if available): 9780140240665
Description
The stories in this collection capture the essence of the Indian Railway - from the small-town station, at the time of the Raj, to the present day big-city station bursting at the seams.The teeming and varied life of the Indian railway station and its environs have fascinated writers from Jules Verne in the 1870s to more recently Satyajit Ray, R K Laxman, and more modern writers. In this anthology, one of India's best-known writers makes a selection of the greatest railway stories he subcontinent has produced.
Contents
INTRODUCTIONSoot Gets in Your Eyes by Ruskin BondSTORIES BEFORE INDEPENDENCE:Around the World in Eighty DaysThe Man Who would be KingBy Cow-Catcher and TrolleyThe Bold PrenticeSnow-LeopardThe By-Gone DaysThe CoolieThe Luck of John FernandezSTORIES AFTER INDEPENDENCE:LoyaltyMano Majra StationThe Woman on Platform 8The Intimate DemonA Stranded Railroad CarBarin Bhowmik's AilmentBalbir Arora Goes MetricRailway ReverieThe Cherry Choo-Choo99 UP