India has one of the most comprehensive and extensive rail systems in the world and the mode of transportation most used by Indians to travel any distance in their country. It’s an interesting stimulating and exciting way for foreign visitors to immerse themselves in the Indian culture and to experience a texture and fabric of the country not necessarily on the beaten path most tourist companies.
The Indian railway is the world’s largest employer with over one million six hundred thousand regular employees on the roll covering over 24,000 miles of railroad track serving in excess of 17 million passengers a year.
The capital of India is Delhi a fascinating city Delhi and New Delhi a combination of the old dating back to the 17th century and the new modern fast pace center of government. Prior to independence in 1947 the country we know today as India was a collection of individual fiefdoms all for the most part independent entities, different customs, different languages nearly 30 in addition to over 3,000 different dialects. What a massive accomplishment to unite and maintain a unity that has emerged as one of the fastest growing economic forces in the world.
Along the boundary of old Delhi remains the ancient city walls built in 1639 a monument to an illustrious period of India’s history. Just across the street a Sunday event that draws a remarkable used books of every variety. Here for struggling college students a chance to score used text book everything from complicated medical procedures to engineering and architecture is on sale. Technical text books vendors are punctuated by a wide variety of other used book vendors. It’s a weekly event embraced with Delhi’s unique brand of excitement and enthusiasm.
On the side streets and back alleys of city, life is a complex mix of unique sights and sounds of the daily routine. It is often overlooked by many who visit India.
There are many places in the capital city once you visit Gandhi’s crematorium is without question a significant historic site for modern day India.
In Old Delhi, the largest mosque in the city, Jama Masjid built in 1650 by Shah Jahan who also created the Taj Mahal in Agra. The mosque can accommodate 20,000 people during prayers.
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