A Train Journey to Remember
Review by Ronica Wahi Kisson ki Rail By Abhidha Sharma First published: July 15, 2021, Ekatra – a joint imprint of Manjul and Pratilipi. (Stories within narrative published one by one earlier, Pratilipi app) Pages: 128. ISBN: 9789390924646 On a solitary journey or on a lazy weekend or at some such point of time, a book that is thought-provoking and nostalgia-inducing but light and fun too is a boon. Abhidha Sharma’s Kisson ki Rail (loose translation: "The Rail of Anecdotes") is one such book. Kisson ki Rail is the recounting of a train journey undertaken with friends. On the way, the writer and her friends, and the other passengers with them in the Non-AC sleeper narrate stories of various kinds and shades; while some stories make one think deeply, others evoke smiles or laughter. If narratives of exploitation, injustice, grief, and regret find place here, so do narratives of courage, determination, love, and hope. With the sheer variety in the kisse (ane...