12567/68 राज्यरानी सुपरफास्ट की धाक राजधानी से कम नहीं है। - Prabhat Sharan

#wonderfullrailwaystory :
Chand Shekher
Vancouver, BC
2009-01-09 14:59:46
What a beautifully done show! Thank you, Michael Wood.
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was born and brought up in Uttar Pradesh, and graduated from Kanpur before leaving for Canada in 1969. Some of the favorite memories include summer vacations with grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins in Mathura (birthplace of Lord Krishna) and Bulandshahar. However, the most memorable incident took place when I went back to India for the first visit in 1973. After having just landed in New Delhi, I was in a train to my parents' place in Kanpur. I was tired and hungry, but was reluctant to buy anything at the railway station (you know, hygiene and all). My fellow passenger in the train perhaps recognized that. Soon after the train left the station, he opened his packed lunch, and the first thing he did was to offer it to me. I could have never imagined something like this in Canada. The incident still brings tears to the eyes. There is no doubt that despite the widespread poverty, the people are enormously generous.