Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where You Stop But Never Get Off

by Bishwanath Ghosh

India can have no better symbol for national integration than the railways.

Even the simplest of lives must have a routine. Or maybe, it is the routine that makes lives simple.

It is, however, not the thought of your own death that makes the sight of the biers so terrifying: it is actually the thought of your near and dear ones being carried away in that fashion. It is a thought you consider secretly in the deepest crevices of your heart, not even sharing it aloud with your own self.