For more than fifty years after the formation of the Indian Railways, there was one crucial element that was missing on the nation’s trains: toilets.
Passengers had to wait till till the stations to answer the call of nature, and it was not until a passenger named Okhil Chandra Sen wrote this angry yet amusing letter in 1909 that toilets were installed on Indian trains.
From Quora
Some off beat reads for the weekend:
Hafeez Contractor:The slumdog millionaire architect (NYTimes)
Luis Suarez: Soccer’s most beautiful player (ESPN)
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Pakistan’s Domestic Jihad (IndianDefenceReview)
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The new map of the Middle East (Atlantic)
When the World Cup is on, stock markets go quiet (Bloomberg)
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Arabian Sea takes revenge on Mumbai (MumbaiBoss)
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Travelogue:Exploring Karnataka (TeamBHP)
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What are some mind blowing facts about Indian Railways? (Quora)
Few of those workers abducted in Iraq came from West Bengal and they refused to leave "unless they are paid for the overtime" !! holy ****!!
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