Break of Gauge
by Manal P. Mehta
Break of Gauge is a novel in three volumes, read aloud one chapter at a time.Goa, March 1880: a servant runs into a presbytery yard because a newborn is not breathing right, and the padre's boy carries the lamp. Across the subcontinent, in the river towns of Sindh, a railway guard learns the halts of a line he will ride for the rest of his working life. Volume I, The Register, follows two families, one Catholic and Goan, one Hindu and Sindhi, through sixty years of parish registers, railway journals, plague, flood and the freedom movement, until the autumn of 1942, when each house holds a wedding and the war comes down the line.Built on one family's own records and memories, and on the public history around them. Episodes are released in order; start with the Prelude.breakofgauge.com
Episodes
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A Note on Sources
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 21 of 21.
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Chapter Nineteen: Two Breaks
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 20 of 21.
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Chapter Eighteen: The Spare
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 19 of 21.
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Chapter Seventeen: Four Days
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 18 of 21.
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Chapter Sixteen: White Spaces
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 17 of 21.
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Chapter Fifteen: Materia Medica
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 16 of 21.
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Chapter Fourteen: Counterweights
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 15 of 21.
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Chapter Thirteen: Everybody Down
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 14 of 21.
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Chapter Twelve: Twenty-three Hundred Hours
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 13 of 21.
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Chapter Eleven: The Crooked Finger
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 12 of 21.
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Chapter Ten: Line Clear
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 11 of 21.
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Chapter Nine: The Gate
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 10 of 21.
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Chapter Eight: Third to Fourth Degree
Narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 9 of 21.
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Chapter Seven: The Guard
Break of Gauge, Volume I: The Register. A novel by Manal P. Mehta, narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 8 of 21.
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Chapter Six: Kudd
Chapter Six of Break of Gauge, Volume I: The Register.
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Chapter Five: The Padlock
The Register by Manal P. Mehta, narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 6 of 21.
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Chapter Four: The Joining
The Register by Manal P. Mehta, narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 5 of 21.
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Chapter Three: The First Train
The Register by Manal P. Mehta, narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 4 of 21.
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Chapter Two: Salt
Break of Gauge, Volume I: The Register. A novel by Manal P. Mehta, narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 3 of 21.
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Chapter One: Because She Did Not Know How to Write
Break of Gauge, Volume I: The Register. A novel by Manal P. Mehta, narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 2 of 21.
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Prelude
Break of Gauge, Volume I: The Register. A novel by Manal P. Mehta, narrated by Earnest Banyan. Episode 1 of 21.
About this show
Break of Gauge is a novel in three volumes, read aloud one chapter at a time.Goa, March 1880: a servant runs into a presbytery yard because a newborn is not breathing right, and the padre's boy carries the lamp. Across the subcontinent, in the river towns of Sindh, a railway guard learns the halts of a line he will ride for the rest of his working life. Volume I, The Register, follows two families, one Catholic and Goan, one Hindu and Sindhi, through sixty years of parish registers, railway journals, plague, flood and the freedom movement, until the autumn of 1942, when each house holds a wedding and the war comes down the line.Built on one family's own records and memories, and on the public history around them. Episodes are released in order; start with the Prelude.breakofgauge.com
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