Econology

Train of thoughts

Though you can hardly see London from the tube, there's something about it that adds a whole new dimension to your view of the megapolis

Train of thoughts

We are all creatures of industrial or technological revolutions. As long as we lived in villages, as most of us still do, the revolutions did not touch us. I saw my first electric bulb when I was over 10 and my first train at the age of 14. After that, it was rather quick work. I had my first plane ride when I was well over 25 and worked on my first computer at the age of 50. I still don't like planes or computers, though we have to put up with them. The thing I like the most are trains, not cars or planes but trains and I try to take rides in them as often as possible. My first train ride took me from a tiny village in Goa to the v

This article was originally published on December 18, 2021.


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