Around India In 80 Trains

Monisha's Blog

Monisha's blog will give you a little feel for what it's like to travel around the microcosm of Indian society that is the Indian Railways. Her book, Around India in 80 Trains is due out later this year, but until then, the blogs will give you a little taster of what is to come... not giving away too much of course!

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What's the journey all about?

One rainy day at work, Monisha read an article detailing how the boom in India's domestic airlines could now connect 80 cities - impressive but not exactly eco-friendly. Having lived in India briefly as a child, Monisha had always planned to go back and see the country properly. Taking a leaf out of Jules Verne's classic tale, she decided that the best way to visit was by travelling around India by train, and to write a book herself.

And as the largest civilian employer in the world, featuring luxury trains, toy trains, a hospital on wheels, the world's steepest, slowest, and ...

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