Archive for June, 2009
Sleepless in Guntakal – part 2
Part 2 - Of Greedy Eunuchs and Crazy Marwadi Co-passengers: My much deserved state of somnolence was rudely disturbed by the screaming and shouting of one of the fourteen people in the compartment. I thought someone had fallen off, and I woke up with a start, only to notice that this was how they woke each other up. I wish to dear God that [...]
Sleepless in Guntakal – part 1
Meeting the Co-passengers: Indian Railways has, for me, over the years become synonymous with adventures. If they would've introduced frequent train traveller cards with discount offers and such, I'd have been laughing all the way to the bank, or to wherever else these cards were valid. My travel along the Jaipur - Mysore Express via [...]
