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Contents Preface xi Introduction: Tracking Modernity 1 1. The Permanent Way: Colonial Discourse of the Railway 24 2. The Machine of Empire: Technology and Decolonization 48 3. Partition and the Death Train 73 4. New Destinations: The Image of the Postcolonial Railway 100 5. Bollywood on the Train 130 Conclusion: Terrorism and the Railway 149 Acknowledgments 183 Notes 185 Bibliography 203 Filmography 217 Index 219 This page intentionally left blank ...

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