Tracking ModernityFrom Mohandas Gandhis nineteenth century tour in a third class compartment to the recent cinematic shenanigans of Wes Andersons The Darjeeling Limited, the railway has been one of Indias most potent emblems of modern life. In the first in depth analysis of representations of the Indian railway, Marian Aguiar interprets modernity through the legacy of this transformative technology. Since the colonial period in India, the railway has been idealized as