A STEEL BENCH, A SAMOSA, A REVELATION AND A PEEP INTO ENGLISH ENGINEERING HISTORY
A STEEL BENCH, A SAMOSA, A REVELATION AND A PEEP INTO ENGLISH ENGINEERING HISTORY Living in Churchgate, close to the station, I have always relied on the suburban railway to travel either for work or leisure for the last three decades. It is astonishing how one may in one’s daily perambulations pass the same place hundreds of times without noticing some striking objects that form part of the milieu of that place. It happened with me recently. It was early evening and I had set out for my evening walk when a sudden desire to eat a samosa made me trace a path to the station where I made my way to the Seema Pandey stall which serves nice samosas throughout the day. This stall is located at the beginning of platform One at Churchgate station. I have been buying samosas from them for quite some time, either taking them home to have with tea or eating it standing on the platform close to the stall or carry it with me to eat on the train. On this occasion the shiny steel ...