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A review by razeenrafi
Around India in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh
2.0
First of all I would have to tell that this is not a best Travelogue. Author along with her travel buddy named here as passportout travels through 80trains through out India. I started with excitement thinking that this book may provide better insight on travel throughout India ( I personally likes to travel in train ) but book become disappointed to me.
Book don’t give not much detail on places she visits especially on culture,life, history. Also another main fault is that as an NRI she makes sarcastic view of people and culture in some places.
Theme was good but book was a disappointment at last. But we can get idea on some of trains which runs across India from Maharaja used for tourism,Deccan queen,Shatabdhi ( which started on centenary birth of Jawaharlal Nehru),durondo express (non stop train started when Mamatha Banerjee was Railway minister which means’ great’ in Bengali )
Book don’t give not much detail on places she visits especially on culture,life, history. Also another main fault is that as an NRI she makes sarcastic view of people and culture in some places.
Theme was good but book was a disappointment at last. But we can get idea on some of trains which runs across India from Maharaja used for tourism,Deccan queen,Shatabdhi ( which started on centenary birth of Jawaharlal Nehru),durondo express (non stop train started when Mamatha Banerjee was Railway minister which means’ great’ in Bengali )