The social life of Indian Trains (Record no. 68065)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789365238969 |
| 028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME | |
| Distributor Name | : Raghav Books Private Limited |
| Distributor address | : 2/25, First Floor Arun House, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi |
| Bill Number | : 2659 |
| Bill Date | ; 8/5/2026 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 385.09 KUM |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kumar, Amitava. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The social life of Indian Trains |
| Remainder of title | : A Journey. |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Amitava Kumar. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | , New Delhi |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | : Aleph Book Company |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | , 2025. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 137p. |
| Dimensions | : 18cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 279 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The history of Indian trains is older than India itself. For over 150 years, the train has been part of the lives of most Indians. Today, Indian Railways transports hundreds of crores of passengers, about five times the current population of India. And, the railway lines that criss-cross the country, and are even longer than our majestic rivers, bind the landscape into a whole and give it a sense of a nation.<br/><br/>To explore just how trains in India have seeped into the national psyche, and to explore the gigantic enterprise that is Indian Railways, acclaimed writer Amitava Kumar took several journeys on some of the country’s celebrated trains, from the Himsagar Express, which traverses one of the world’s longest rail routes, a distance of 2,335 miles, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, to the legendary Darjeeling mountain railway that has been praised in movies, literature, and songs. He then goes into the history of Indian trains, extols the magic of train travel, and explains how the importance of the railways will only grow as more and more Indians use a variety of trains to travel out of (and between) their villages, home towns, and cities to various destinations in pursuit of work and leisure activities. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social Life |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Indian Trans |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Amitava Kumar |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Amitava Kumar |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Not For Loan | SNU LIBRARY | SNU LIBRARY | 12/05/2026 | Raghav Books Pvt. Ptd. | 279.00 | 385.09 KUM | 31504 | 12/05/2026 | 12/05/2026 | Books |
