{"id":1963,"date":"2009-12-20T19:00:40","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T19:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2009-12-20T19:00:40","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T19:00:40","slug":"afghan-fruit-by-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewgrantham.co.uk\/afghanistan\/afghan-fruit-by-rail\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan fruit by rail"},"content":{"rendered":"

An article on the rail transport of Afghan fruit<\/a> to markets in India.<\/p>\n

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Fresh Fruits from Afghanistan to India!<\/h3>\n

I fondly remember as a youngster – in late 1940’s and as late as early 50’s – the repeated shouts of burly, awesome Pathan vendors in our ‘mohalla’ in Lucknow: “Fresh luscious grapes from Chaman; red juicy pomegranates from Kandahar; “Buy them now, eat them now, lest you repent!”<\/p>\n

… <\/p>\n

But whatever the virtues of the vendors, their assertion about the quality of their products was never in doubt. So with this childhood experience when I read the following lines in P.S.A Berridge’s old classic, “Couplings to the Khyber: The Story of The North Western Railway” I became really nostalgic about the fruits which are certainly no more:<\/p>\n

“Built primarily as a strategic line the Chaman Extension Railway served for many years hundreds of tons of luscious fruits — grapes, peaches, and nectarines in particular from Afghanistan found their way to the markets of far-away cities in India. Before 1947, in the summer months, there used to run every day a train with its ice-packaged refrigerator vans destined for places as far away as Calcutta and Madras.”
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\nLet me now construct this interesting rail transportation story which has a human angle too.<\/p>\n

More<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: Arunachala Grace, Sacred Power Site of South India<\/a>, 2009-10-18<\/cite>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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