Strangers in My Sleeper: Rail Journeys and Encounters on Indian Railways - Softcover

Riordan, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1869661451 ISBN 13: 9781869661458

Publisher: New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

The gleaming iron threads that snake through the Indian subcontinent are the arteries transporting its lifeblood: a billion-plus people going about their daily lives. To Wellington journalist Peter Riordan the railways were the perfect means by which to melt among the people and engage them in conversation - to talk to the real, modern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Strangers in my Sleeper follows him around a vast land on a hard wooden seat and introduces his fellow travellers - sadhus, businessmen, flirting couples, secret policemen, holidaymakers, government officials, salesmen and many others. Their views on life, love, politics, progress and commerce, together with the ever-changing view through his window over the jungles, deserts, plains, mountains and teeming cities, paint an exquisitely coloured portrait of a people in motion.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Riordan was born in 1957 in New Plymouth. After studying political science at Otago University he worked as a journalist in New Zealand and Australia. He and his family live in Wellington. Peter's first book, Motorcycle Masala (Hazard Press 2000), won the City of Brisbane/Singapore Airlines Asia Pacific Travel Writers Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1869661451
• ISBN 13: 9781869661458
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336