On 30 October 2010 04:40, Venantius J Pinto <venantius.pi...@gmail.com>wrote:

>  Thought a Goans would be the first one to made the grade -- on the Mumbai
> and suburbs gradient, but " Priti Kumari, 34, is the first woman train
> driver on India's vast western railway network."
> ++++++++++++++
> Tracking the journey of Mumbai's first woman train driver by Prachi Pinglay
> "When some fisherwomen saw me in the motorman's cabin, they sang and danced
> for me. It was lovely," she says.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11644810
>
> +++++++++++++
> Mt father Bernado was an engine driver with BPT.. Coincidentally, I picked
> up and issue of Railfan & Railroad at NYs Penn Station-- a railroad
> magazine
> I read from time to time.
> ++
> vjp
>

RESPONSE: Trust the BBC to make a boob like this! They had shown us the
first Indian woman driver in their documentary in 2008!
''
 *2. DREAMS *
Follow the dreams of railway employees such as Mumtaz Kaz, India's first
female train driver, who has to find a wife for her brother and get him
married in just eight weeks - all while working full-time. ''
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/bombay-railway.shtml



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