Publisher, ZBS Foundation (1981)

These are contemporary Indian short stories adapted for radio with environments recorded on location in India. The Taj Express is an energetic and imaginative work that uses sound like an artist uses paint, mixing textures, shapes and even the colors of sound to create a rich and vivid impression of the subcontinent.

Meatball Fulton embarked on a pilgrimage to the locations where these stories take place. He gathered die sounds of India, in the bill towns of the Himalayas, the lively markets of Old Delhi, the shipyards of Madras, the streets and shops of Bangalore, the harbor and back alleys of Bombay, and even inside the Taj Mahal.

This series contains eight stories, plus a sound portrait of North India. There actually is a train called The Taj Express that runs from New Delhi to Agra, the city nearest to where the Taj Mahal awaits in silence to capture our breaths.

The stories include The Blackmailer, Lost Directions, Initiation, & more. Also, Rabindranath Tajore's The Hungry Stones, a tale of an abandoned palace that takes over the minds of those who linger there.