'Around India in 80 Trains' published by Roli Books is based on an array of train journeys undertaken by Monisha Rajesh in the quest of exploring the diversities of India's lifeline-the railway network.
Monisha Rajesh, is an Indian origin London -based journalist whose family wanted to shift to India because of the emotional bonding and respect they had for the country but they had parted their ways with India on bad terms.
"In 1991, my family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India our home. Two years later, fed up with soap eating rats, stolen human hearts and creepy colonel across the road,we returned to England with a bitter taste in our mouths" Monisha told