Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return. -E.M. Forster The National Rail Museum had been on my bucket list since I was in Delhi. Even after spending some 6.5 years in the metro city, I couldn't make … Continue reading A Guide to Delhi’s National Rail Museum
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Theatre Adaptations: Manto’s Stories on Stage
One of the trends most commonly found in modern theatres is to take any popular novels or stories and enact them as a play. This is a good way to ensure a houseful audience because, in our country, people are often hesitant to try something new. Hence, using existing popular plays/novels or stories already give … Continue reading Theatre Adaptations: Manto’s Stories on Stage
Auto-Rickshaw Encounter: A Midnight Travel Odyssey
Everyone is on a quest to their own journey. They've their struggle, stories related to struggle and their continous resistance against them. My flight from Patna to Delhi, scheduled at night, turned into a midnight journey after being preponed first and then postponed multiple times. A brief report is as follows: 9:35 PM- Scheduled time … Continue reading Auto-Rickshaw Encounter: A Midnight Travel Odyssey
Moolchand ka “Parantha”
Though commuted many times through violet line, I never had the opportunity to halt and exit at Moolchand metro station, until the day, I had some work in the same route and was returning in the evening, survived only by the breakfast I had in the hostel. Hypnotized by hunger and headache, I disembarked at … Continue reading Moolchand ka “Parantha”

