Category:
Railways in Popular Culture
Blurb of Book:
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.
Name of Publisher:
Penguin Books India
Edition of the Book:
First
Print Year:
1994
Print Location:
New Delhi, India
Where to buy:
May be out of print
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 the subcontinent has produced.The collection includes railway tales by Rudyard Kipling, Jim Corbett, Kushwant Singh, Satyajit Ray, Bill Aitken and Victor Banerjee amongst others. A most enjoyable read for persons of all ages.