#DarjeelingHimalayanRailway, #ToyTrain, #UNESCO, #Parineeta, #DilSe, #Aradhana, #Gorkhaland Darjeeling Himalayan Railway: Histories and Narratives (II) continues ...The two grounds on which the world heritage status of the Railways stands is falsified by the memory of Mere Sapno ki Rani, and the songs to follow. Tagore’s son, Saif Ali Khan (or the character of Shekhar) undergoes a similar labour of suffering in Parineeta, as Khanna and Tagore did, tending to a labour of death. The economic development of the multicultural Darjeeling, which could have been in fact fostered by the representation of the Himalayan Railways in these songs, takes a back seat... Read part II of the full essay: coldnoon/darjeelinghimalayanrailwayii/
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:24:39 +0000
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