num_pages: 243
description: In 1991 Monisha's family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home. Two years later fed up with soap-eating rats stolen human hearts and the creepy colonel across the road they returned to England with a bitter taste in their mouths. Twenty years later Monisha came back. Taking a page out of Jules Verne's classic tale Around the World in 80 Days she embarked on a 40000km adventure around India in 80 trains. Travelling a distance equivalent to the circumference of the Earth she lifted the veil on a country that had become a stranger to her.As one of the largest civilian employers in the world featuring luxury trains toy trains Mumbai's infamous commuter trains and even a hospital on wheels Indian Railways had more than a few stories to tell. On the way Monisha met a colourful cast of characters with epic stories of their own. But with a self-confessed militant atheist as her photographer Monisha's personal journey around a country built on religion was not quite what she bargained for...Around India in 80 Trains is a story of adventure and drama infused with sparkling wit and humour.
language: English
title: Around India in 80 Trains
publisher: Roli books