Thought for today:
"I have always been fascinated by history of the Indian continent. Having been born during the years of the British Empire, I have acquainted myself with the polemic arguments about the merits of India's independence in August 1947. While many ways of running the country was deliberately maintained by Indian administrators, I only wish that their transport upon the rails had not tried to copy the example of the British trains. I very much doubt today that there is any significant difference between the train out of King's Cross station during the rush hour of a Friday evening and one travelling from Delhi to Mumbai; apart from the fact that the Indians seem to prefer being outside their sardine-can experience instead of rubbing shoulders inside the train whilst trying to furtively read their copies of '50 Shades of Grey' or their newspapers." William Forde: May 27th, 2013.
"I have always been fascinated by history of the Indian continent. Having been born during the years of the British Empire, I have acquainted myself with the polemic arguments about the merits of India's independence in August 1947. While many ways of running the country was deliberately maintained by Indian administrators, I only wish that their transport upon the rails had not tried to copy the example of the British trains. I very much doubt today that there is any significant difference between the train out of King's Cross station during the rush hour of a Friday evening and one travelling from Delhi to Mumbai; apart from the fact that the Indians seem to prefer being outside their sardine-can experience instead of rubbing shoulders inside the train whilst trying to furtively read their copies of '50 Shades of Grey' or their newspapers." William Forde: May 27th, 2013.
