If you think of railways and you imagine Shah Rukh-Kajol in Dilwale Dulhaniya and Chaiyyan Chaiyyan, or if you are slightly older then the classics like Rajesh Khanna singing Mere sapno kii rani kab ayegi tu or Aao bacchon tumhein dikhaen jhaanki Hindustan kii, then STOP. The Romance of the Indian Railways is truly over. You can’t have over 18-22,000 Indians dying in a year in train-related accidents and still associate railways with lovers and loving. It is plain horror.

Rescue work is carried out after the Secunderabad-LTT Duronto Express derailed at Martur Railway Station in Karnataka on Saturday. Pic/PTI