Rajesh - Around India in 80 trains

AROUND
INDIA
IN
80
TRAINS

Praise for
Around India in 80 Trains

A wonderfully wry and witty debut. Crackles and sparks with life
like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks.
William Dalrymple, author ofThe Last Mughal

A great big lovely shambling train ride of a book, offering wonderful
views, hilarious interludes, all sorts of dodgy characters and some
very peculiar smells, all for the one ticket.
Giles Coren, bestselling author andTimescolumnist

One can only envy Monisha Rajesh as she embarks on this epic
journey through the vast tangle and bewildering extension of Indias
railways. The ticketing bureaucracy is mad, the travelling companions
infinitely varied, the pleasure, discomforts and revelations such that
she is guaranteed what even the wriest and most sceptical traveller
yearns for: some deeper knowledge of oneself.
Tim Parks, travel writer and Booker Prize nominee

I love train trips and I love travelling around India. If you do too,
then this book is a wonderful companion.
Irvine Welsh, author ofTrainspotting

First published in the UK by
Nicholas Brealey Publishing in 2012

35 Spafield Street
Clerkenwell, London
EC1R 4QB
Tel: +44 (0)20 7239 0360
Fax: +44 (0)20 7239 0370

20 Park Plaza
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Tel: 888 BREALEY
Fax: (617) 523 3708

www.nicholasbrealey.com
www.80trains.com

Monisha Rajesh 2012
The right of Monisha Rajesh to be identified as the author of
this work has been asserted in accordance with the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

ISBN: 978-1-85788-595-8
eISBN: 978-1-85788-948-2

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publishers. This book may not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of trade in any form, binding or cover other than that in which it is published, without the prior consent of the publishers.

Train illustrations by Sroop Sunar
www.sroopsunar.com
Other illustrations by Kriti Monga
www.turmericdesign.com

Printed in the UK by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc.

First published in the UK by
Nicholas Brealey Publishing in 2012

35 Spafield Street
Clerkenwell, London
EC1R 4QB
Tel: +44 (0)20 7239 0360
Fax: +44 (0)20 7239 0370

20 Park Plaza
Boston
MA 02110, USA
Tel: 888 BREALEY
Fax: (617) 523 3708

www.nicholasbrealey.com
www.80trains.com

Monisha Rajesh 2012
The right of Monisha Rajesh to be identified as the author of
this work has been asserted in accordance with the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

ISBN: 978-1-85788-595-8
eISBN: 978-1-85788-948-2

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publishers. This book may not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by way of trade in any form, binding or cover other than that in which it is published, without the prior consent of the publishers.

Illustrations by Kriti Monga
www.turmericdesign.com

Printed in the UK by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc.

For Baby Rajesh, who is still on board.
May all your journeys be filled with adventure.

AROUND
INDIA
IN
80
TRAINS

Outline map Daniel Dalet/d-maps.com