Delightful! Many gems, especially this one "There is an unsubstantiated family story of one of the domestic help at an uncle’s place who used to get the daily needs of coal by making faces and teasing the loco drivers who reacted by throwing chunks of coal at him which he then carefully piled up till the days need was met"
On Thu, 18 Apr, 2024, 16:21 Deepak Misra via Silklist, < [email protected]> wrote: > So my story(ies) would need many many posts but let me start with the > journey which is as important as the destination. This is from my blog > which is very sporadically updated but I had written in reference to some > discussion about locomotives > > > https://deepakmisra.medium.com/the-majesty-of-the-steam-locomotive-ec270c21dffb > > I guess at some stage I should write about what happened when we reached > the destination > > Deepak > > > On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 at 12:25, Udhay Shankar N via Silklist < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Silklister Veena Venugopal has published this powerfully evocative >> picture of her childhood: a time before screens and the internet - where >> the only constant wass endless stretches of time fading into the horizon. >> >> A highly similar account was from former silklister Ramu Narayan of his >> childhood holidays (written ~25 years ago, but the period in question >> would've been ~60 years ago), which sadly I can't locate a URL for at this >> time. >> >> Reminds me of the saying that "creativity needs constraints". >> >> Any folks here have similar stories to share? >> >> >> https://www.thehindu.com/society/charm-80s-school-vacation-leisure-holiday-kerala-veena-venugopal/article68031842.ece >> >> Udhay >> >> -- >> >> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >> >> -- >> Silklist mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >> > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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