Creativity is contageous!

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Creativity is contagious. 

So pass it on.
(lines stolen from Einstein)
 
I am neither creative nor artistic. But I intend to really pass it on from one place to another. Fresh from our successful experiment with Art in an industrial setting, after this adventure had begun way back in 2011 at Bangalore station, am I ready to push the envelope?
 
Absolutely. I am now working as the General Manager of Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, the flagship train builder of Indian Railways. It is a very large factory, with five times the number of employees as compared to Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore, turning out more than 2000 train carriages a year, arguably one of the busiest in the world. A very strong committed workforce.  
 
 
Trains have romance. Making wheels has it’s own magic. But building trains? In any case, who wants to replicate, do an identic, even if it’s an encore of your own doing? It’d be great to bring out something like a duple.  I am very buoyant and We’ll see, in the days to come.



Murals in the Chennai Rail Museum (earlier called Regional Rail Museum)




 

 
Murals at the Factory gates
 
This is just a curtain-raiser. Our experiment has been initiated and it's early days yet. But what has been put up already is very reassuring. I can feel the excitement in the ICF air. See for yourself, for now...I’ll be back.
 

 
 
The fun, ladies and gentlemen, has just begun.....
 

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