Reviving Art and Craft through the Indian Railways

Crafts, Handlooms, Art, Tourism

Reviving Art and Craft through the Indian Railways

Srivastava, Jashoda Priya

Issue 34,Monsoon 2019
Srivastava, Jashoda Priya
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Issue #002, Monsoon, 2019                                                                      ISSN: 2581- 9410 A summary of recent initiatives at railway stations and on-board railway trains
  • Railway Stations that got a unique makeover
Like many young children in India, I too had a fascination with travelling in trains. My excitement would climb every time I walked onto a railway platform: the hustle of crowds, the hum of diesel engines ready to depart, the train announcements and whistles! Travellers moving hundreds of kilometres on a journey that cut across India from north to south & east to west ; all that liveliness & potential packed into one railway platform of my hometown was something my heart never tired of.  I’d keep thinking of this unique, lovely connect between train journeys and the distant places that they take you to. And I think it fuelled my deep interest in arts and painting, leading me to tap our railway family & friends for art and craft stories on the Indian Railways. Thus, I stumbled upon the lovely tale of Madhubani railway station in Bihar Dating back to the British Raj, crafts of local artisans were looked down upon by the st...
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