Across The World

A post on a trip to Cluj (Romania) http://m.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2211121.ece/?maneref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fm%3Fhl%3Den%26gl%3Dus%26client%3Dms-android-fih%26source%3Dandroid-launcher-widget%26action%3Ddevloc%26q%3Dbroad%2Btransylvania%2Bhindu

High speed train link from Beijing to Shanghai http://m.thehindu.com/news/international/article2216857.ece/?maneref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fm%3Fgl%3Dus%26source%3Dandroid-launcher-widget%26client%3Dms-android-fih%26hl%3Den%26aq%3Df%26oq%3D%26aqi%3D-k0d0t0%26fkt%3D578%26fsdt%3D4670%26cqt%3D%26rst%3D%26htf%3D%26his%3D%26maction%3D%26q%3Dtrains%2Bbeijing%2Bshanghai%2Bhindu%26flip%3D0. What I liked about this were:

• Indigenious engineering (or that's what I assumed)
• The safety factors built in, running unmanned trains twice a day to ensure everything is ok. Just like one does automated testing in software.

In the meanwhile in India we are still grappling with rail accidents frequently. When do we get good competent people to head railways and other functions or departments in the country?