tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post8688338444525479836..comments2023-08-12T09:06:19.561-04:00Comments on english-tamil: The Train and ISuresh EThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06634417697318636500noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-57672653798931011142007-02-18T00:06:00.000-05:002007-02-18T00:06:00.000-05:00Some anonymous person told me during the "flash mo...Some anonymous person told me during the "flash movie" episode.Suresh EThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634417697318636500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-14015730443106142522007-02-17T23:44:00.000-05:002007-02-17T23:44:00.000-05:00how?how?Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03806235091827397495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-48748460979206268972007-02-03T11:13:00.000-05:002007-02-03T11:13:00.000-05:00@ I - I knew already.
@ Anu - Yeah commuter train...@ I - I knew already.<br /><br />@ Anu - Yeah commuter trains are a different experience altogether. The braking and the acceleration is quite different, still the overall movement (that so differentiates it from bus journeys) is pretty much the same - fun.Suresh EThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634417697318636500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-1655956195011601482007-02-02T12:37:00.000-05:002007-02-02T12:37:00.000-05:00Train travel reminds me of 4 years of college. Mad...Train travel reminds me of 4 years of college. Madras Central to Avadi.. Suburban train. Much fun was had.<br /><br />@I, as much as <i>manja color</i> college buses are comfortable and convenient, trains are definitely much much more fun. Not everything is about convenience now, is it?Anuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416799336914653864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-85039318200626947922007-02-02T09:25:00.000-05:002007-02-02T09:25:00.000-05:00oho..
Me in Toronto.oho.. <br /><br />Me in Toronto.Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03806235091827397495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-43722414762588885372007-02-02T02:37:00.000-05:002007-02-02T02:37:00.000-05:00@ I - London
@ Kamal - Thanks
@ Durga - Sure, th...@ I - London<br /><br />@ Kamal - Thanks<br /><br />@ Durga - Sure, there is a lot room for improvement from the management's side. But as you point out, the people have to lot to do with the way things are. <br />That aside, a primp maintenance would easily double (or triple) the fares. In Canada, they charge $30 for 180 Kms (that, after 50% student discount). So, if I have to put it crudely "you get what you pay for."<br /><br />Having said, I want to stress again, that there is a lot of room for improvement within the existing budget. We are just lazy and complacent, I suppose - what one the guys considers "unique" about Bombay.Suresh EThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634417697318636500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-50390494389436103052007-02-01T06:36:00.000-05:002007-02-01T06:36:00.000-05:00Re:i
Even the "first class/AC" compartments are "u...Re:i<br />Even the "first class/AC" compartments are "uncomfortable, stressful and filthy" but since I don't do these trips everyday, I have no intention of turning into 'Anniyan' about the conditions.<br /><br />But, I do think that there a lot of room for improvement, A LOT. That'll happen when every Indian household has access to clean water, a toilet, other basic needs and the initiative to respect public property...ohhh and those things will happen sooner (million years...who knows? I'm optimistic) than the politicians resolving to stop squandering public funds for personal profit (that's 2 million years from now rite?). <br />On their defense, they are still "getting used to democracy". <br />yeh. right. <br />LOLDugihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10645228870052334038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-48442229164654631522007-02-01T06:26:00.000-05:002007-02-01T06:26:00.000-05:00I liked this post a lot. Especially becoz despite ...I liked this post a lot. Especially becoz despite all the gross aspects (the urine, betel spittle, loud, unapologetic farting, dirty toilets etc etc) of the Indian Railway, I loved it for so many other reasons. I loved sitting on the platform and watching people from all walks of life doing almost everything in public view and feeling a sense of love, belonging and all kinds of teary, love of humanity kinda crazy "i want to hug that old woman spitting beetle all over the placeā feelings.<br />Michael and I did quite a bit of traveling on trains in Sri Lanka and India. Though we were in the so called "first class" compartments on overnight trips, we enjoyed the breeze through the open windows of other compartments on shorter trips . <br />I thought back to my earliest memory of traveling on the train, and sadly I couldn't remember any trip in India but I do remember being 6 years old inside the toilet cubicle on a moving train at night, trying to figure out how I was going to safely wee into the squat toilet without wetting myself. LOL.<br />Yes, some things u never forget. <br /><br />Watching that documentary makes me want to buy a ticket to India and take a looooooooong train ride through far distant villages across India right NOW! But that'll have to wait... I think I'm going to take a shower with Hamam soap instead. That's a nicer scent to remember India by than what I've experienced on the railways.Dugihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10645228870052334038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-28449828661984529542007-02-01T02:30:00.000-05:002007-02-01T02:30:00.000-05:00your's this post about the railway,evoked my trave...your's this post about the railway,evoked my travelling memories in the train.travel by a train in india is quite an adventure,in itself...R Kamalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171053405738392049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-69717341937288820642007-02-01T01:23:00.000-05:002007-02-01T01:23:00.000-05:00where in canada are u?where in canada are u?Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03806235091827397495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-197732659216497382007-01-30T17:45:00.000-05:002007-01-30T17:45:00.000-05:00Your comment says it all: those who can afford "fi...Your comment says it all: those who can afford "first class/A.C" or the 'rich life' in general, get to see an India that is completely different from those in the 'Unreserved' compartments. <br /><br />People will stop romanticizing (I'm actually not) when people stop complaining.Suresh EThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634417697318636500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-9469560626319410812007-01-30T11:09:00.000-05:002007-01-30T11:09:00.000-05:00Train journeys in India are uncomfortable, stressf...Train journeys in India are uncomfortable, stressful and filthy, if you don't travel by first class/A.C. It's the first thing Indian diaspora should stop romanticizing.Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03806235091827397495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17174057.post-80448338962292998792007-01-30T06:48:00.000-05:002007-01-30T06:48:00.000-05:00Hey Suresh,
This is the first time I understood w...Hey Suresh,<br /><br />This is the first time I understood what you were writing the first time I read it! Haha:) I can relate to you very well, if all the words 'train' were replaced with 'buses'. I have travelled from Salem to Bangalore and back only in buses at that time. My parents will buy only two tickets for themselves. And I will sit on their laps and travel. Sometimes, I sleep on them, my head on one seat and my legs on the other. You can guess how small I was. Quite a young age of 3 to 6 maybe. <br /><br />Those are the times when I got exposed to 80's songs. I loved the songs, especially for their wonderful tunes (like poavoma oorgolam, mannil intha kathal antri, etc.) I still remember those moments of travelling.<br /><br />However, only recently we started to travel in trains from Madras to Salem, whenever we come to India. I have never experienced adventures like yours. But atleast I can live through you. This documentary depicts India very beautifully. Thanks for uploading it here. I like it:)<br /><br />Priya:PPriyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604638873594064537noreply@blogger.com