Eighty years ago today Monday 18 August 1941

In the train again. Had a good breakfast at some station. Country most interesting and we read and talked most of the time. Lunch in restaurant car was good at INR2/2. The more I see of India the sorrier I feel for its 400 million inhabitants – about 300 million of whom are half starved. Did without dinners at INR3/2 and had a glass of beer as a nightcap. Sleep quite well in trains now.

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