From Bombay Central
By Dr. Gieve Patel The Saurashtra Express waits to startChained patiently to the platform,Good pet, while I clamber inTo take my reserved window seatAnd settle into the half-empty compartment’sCool; the odour of human manureVague and sharp drifts inFrom adjoining platforms.The station’s population of porters,Stall-keepers, toughs and vagabonds relieve themselvesTicketless, into Read more…