The Imperial WayChronicles an illustrated railway journey through India, from Peshawar, full of Afghan refugees, through Agra, home of the Taj Mahal, to flooded Chittagong on the Bay of Bengal. |
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Agra Amritsar Assam Bangladesh Barog Bazaar bedroll beggars brewery bridge buffaloes built Calcutta Chittagong cloud coaches Comilla compartment cows crowded Darjeeling dark Delhi Station Dhaka early morning flooded Ganga-Yamuna Express Ganges Gaya Ghoom goats going Hazrat Nizamuddin Hazrat Nizamuddin Station hills Howrah Mail Howrah Station hundred imperial India Indian Railway Indian Rover International Express Jalpaiguri Jamrud Janata-Madras Express journey Kalka Kamrup Express Karnafuli Khyber Pass Khyber Railway Lahore look Lucknow Mahal monsoon night Old Delhi Opposite Overleaf Pakistan passengers PAUL THEROUX Peshawar plains platform Punjab Raghavan rails railway platforms railway station rain Rawalpindi rice rickshaws river road rupee Second-class seemed Shahdara Sikhs Simla Simla Mail slow and dirty Sonada steam engines stop Sub-continent suitcase Sylhet Taj Mahal ticket told town Toy Train travellers trunk Ulka Express Varanasi Station villages Waiting Room watch the trains whistle window