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Once upon a time, a train that brought India, Lanka closer

The inauguration of a new ferry, HSC Cheriyapani linking India and Sri Lanka has brought back memories of the old Boat mail, an express train and ferry service that connected Madras and Colombo via Dhanushkodi. Arup K Chatterjee looks back at the cultural legacy of the Boat Mail and the economic and political signficance of the new ferry service.
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Restoring ferry service will rewrite history of India-Lanka ties

By R. R. M. Lilani The ferry service between India and Sri Lanka, as well as railway connections, have all but vanished since the turn of the 19th and the 20th centuries, and the use of a comfortable Singaporean passenger vessel โ€˜IndSriโ€˜ to sail between Karikkal (KKL)Port in South India and Kanke
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