The Tribune of India plagia Miguel Sousa Tavares

Miguel Sousa Tavares	The Tribune India	Freedom at Midnight
«Quanto ao marajá de Gwalior, esse, imaginou a mais curta e mais extraordinária das linhas férreas de toda a Índia: era um comboio miniatura, também com os carris em prata maciça, que tinha origem na copa do palácio e penetrava na sala de jantar, através da parede. Aí, sentado em frente a um comando cheio de botões, o próprio anfitrião fazia o comboio correr ao longo da extensa mesa, apitando e acendendo luzes e fazendo-o parar diante de cada convidado para que este se servisse do vagão-whisky, do vagão-Porto, do vagão-Madeira ou do vagão-tabaco».	The Maharaja of Gwalior was very fond of electric trains. The Maharaja?s electric train track was laid out over 75-metres of solid silver rails set on a giant sized iron dining table at the centre of the palace banquet hall. Special tunnels cut in the palace walls extended the tracks into the royal kitchen. The Maharaja?s guests were seated around the table and the ruler sat at its head, presiding over a control panel that had levers, accelerators, switches and alarm signals. These controlled the trains that delivered dinner to his guests. By fiddling with the control panel, the prince could pass the vegetables, send the potatoes shuttling through the banquet hall, or order an express train to the kitchens for obtaining a second helping for his guests.	...The passion of the Maharaja of Gwalior, who ruled over one of the best-run states in India, was electric trains. [...] It was laid out over 250 feet of solid silver rails set on a mammoth iron table at the center of the palace banquet hall. Special tunnels cut in the palace walls prolonged the tracks into the royal kitchen. The Maharaja's guests were placed around the table, and the ruler sat at their head presiding over a mammoth control panel[...] By manipulating his control panel, the prince could pass the vegetables, send the potatoes shuttling through the banquet hall, or order a Red Ball express to the kitchens for a second helping for a hungry guest. He could also with the flick of a switch deprive a guest of his dessert, in which case the dessert trains went speeding past his waiting table.