Happy Republic Day 2017 | Memoirs with Indian Railways
Whoa..….it’s the birthday of my Republic again! Happy Birthday to the Indian Constitution and a very Happy Republic day to my fellow countrymen. Over so many years now, the one constant buddy I have mostly been celebrating this auspicious day with, is the INDIAN RAILWAYS. On this special occasion, lying back on my side upper birth in Bhopal express, I would like to take the opportunity to talk about and thank our very special Indian railways. My views are personal but factual and based on my past 17 years of constant travel with Railways. Certain caveats exists like my stretch of travel is mostly North India and almost all trips are overnight journeys. But with all due honor and sense of pride, I can claim that Indian railways as an entity is very sweet, accommodating and human. It’s a real form of the spirit of Indian-ness. Railways as an entity is nothing but a union of its railway staff, station crowd, backend IT systems (reservations, cancellations), fellow passengers and of