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From: sundar@cwruecmp.UUCP (Sundar R. Iyengar)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Re: Mountbatten's role in India (Horse drawn vehicles)
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Date: Sat, 15-Feb-86 18:03:10 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 15 18:03:10 1986
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Reply-To: sundar@cwruecmp.UUCP (Sundar R. Iyengar)
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The presence of horse or other animal drawn vehicles really depends on
the place itself.  In the villages, the most common mode of transport
is bullock carts.  I grew up in a small village and there, even today,
to catch a train at the railway station, you would use one of these
bullock carts to go to the station from your home.  The animal drawn
carts are slowly being replaced by busses.  Cars are luxury items for
more than 80% of the population.  May be about 20% of the rest can
afford have drive around a used car.  Very few own foreign made cars
(you have to be one of the movie stars or a big time politician to have
enough money to afford a Ferrari).  The flame on use of horse drawn
vehicles was needless.  I have indeed used such horse drawn vehicles IN
Delhi.  There are a couple of horse stables in the vicinity of Old
Delhi railway station.

sundar r. iyengar		

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