Get them going with male names!

Plus - Letter to the editor

In his letter (the Sunday Times, June 28) about the Yal Devi train, P.V.S. Rangan of Dehiwela asked why our trains were given female names.

I think I know the answer. Like our trains, our women take a long time to get ready for a journey. The result is that everyone is late.

I suggest we give our trains masculine gender names: Yal Raja, Uttara Raja, Udaya Raja, Samudra Raja, Ruhunu Kumara, Rajarata Rajjuruwo, Podi Banda, Udarata Banda.

I am sure that with these strong, manly names our trains will start setting out and arriving on schedule.

D. Gunasekera, Agalawatte

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