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 -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ tambdimati: the Goa review is a community blog of original _/ art, writing, music, news and commentary from and about the _/ smallest state in the subcontinent. check out the newest _/ member of the Goanet family daily at _/ http://www.tambdimati.com. _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/