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A hurtling mass of finality

Trains have long been a significant element in Indian cinema, symbolising urgency, escape and opportunity, and sometimes invoking a sense of inevitable finality

Odisha Train accident
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Debarghya Sanyal
Trains are heavy machines. Unlike airplanes, their passengers can actually feel this weight when on board. The swaying and shuddering of the mechanical juggernaut subsume its passengers into a singular
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First Published: Jun 9 2023 | 10:38 PM IST

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