Okhil Babu's letter to the Railway Department.
Okhil Chandra Sen wrote this letter to the Sahibganj Divisional RailwayOffice in 1909. It is on display at the Railway Museum in New Delhi. It wasalso reproduced under the caption "Traveller Tales" in the Far EasternEconomic Review.
"I am arrive by passenger train Ahmedpur station and my belly is muchswelling with jackfruit. I am therefore went to privy. Just I doing thenuisance that guard making whistle blow for train to go off and I amrunningwith lotah in one hand and dhoti in the next when I am fall over and exposeall my shocking to man and female women on platform. I am got leaved atAhmedpur station. This too much bad, if passenger go to make dung that damguard not wait train five minutes for him. I am therefore pray your honourto make big fine on that guard for public sake. Otherwise I making bigreport in papers.
"Any guesses why this Bengali Babu's letter was of historic value?It apparently led to introduction of toilets in our trains!!!!
posted by aaa @ 12:32 PM
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I don't know if Hiren descends from a family of Gora lovers, no offence meant pal. If you witness inner city life abroad, the homeless and how they live, it is a disgrace my friend. And, if you think that it is only in India that negative precedes positive, you are once again sadly mistaken. I told a whiter friend of mine that hundreds of people dying in floods in India is usual but even one dying in floods in a so-called very advanced western society is certainly a disgrace and so is homelessness, etc. Let us feel proud that we are Indians. After years of living abroad, I am beginning to cherish many things that are Indian, even if it is sh**ing in the open like many in Indian villages do and self not unaware as well. Good luck to you Hiren.
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