Indian Railways are in the news again. Sadly, again, for wrong reasons. It is a pity that senior Railway officials travel not by train but by plane on the pretext of 'saving time'
I am 77+ and used to travel regularly on long distance trains in India during Pre-Covid times, therefore I am better qualified to talk about railways than my friends who are the air borne types.
I may start by saying that I am a great admirer of Indian railways which is doing a great job of literally connecting India.
But having said that there are some problems that need to be highlighted. I have been briefly writing about some of these in my blog. Take a look:
'Papa, Pappu & railway blankets' by K.J.S.Chatrath ;
'The soft state?' - by K.J.S.Chatrath;
"Railways - 'easy to clean' versus 'actually cleaned' blankets" - by K.J.S.Chatrath
'Papa, Pappu & railway blankets' by K.J.S.Chatrath
'Indian Railway's Wordsmith (Slogan writer) chugs ahead of all others' by K.J.S.Chatrath
'Bring prices down now- Speeding up of trains & improving railway stations with foreign assistance can wait' by K.J.S.Chatrath
'These anaap-shnaap (skewed) priorities...'by K.J.S.Chatrath;
Chandigarh railway station to be made of world airports standards- news....totally skewed priority;
India's fastest train completes final test run in record time (ET)- Misplaced priority by K.J.S.Chatrath;
'Pappu, Papa and insects in Shatabadi food' by K.J.S.Chatrath
'Shatabadi going down the hill' by K J S Chatath ;
One hopes that things would improve, and improve soon… …
The original post was put up 3 years back...It has been re-posted now with some minor changes.
