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INDIA’S RAILWAY MAN
Rajendra B. Aklekar
has been a journalist in Mumbai, India, for more than twenty years. His book Halt Station India
was nominated as the best Non-Fiction Book at the Bangalore Literature Festival 2015 and Atta Galatta Literary Awards.

Published by
Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd 2017
7/16, Ansari Road, Daryaganj
New Delhi 110002
Copyright © Rajendra B. Aklekar 2017
The views and opinions expressed in this book are the author’s own and the facts are as reported by him/her which have been verified to the extent possible, and the publishers are not in any way liable for the same.
Shashikant Limaye’s piece on page 206
originally appeared in The Quint
. Reproduced here with permission.
All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in a retrieval system, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.
ISBN: 978-81-291-XXXX-X
First impression 2017
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Contents
Preface
1.SREEDHARAN, WHO?
Footsteps of Legends
Note from Dr Sreedharan
A Daughter’s Pride
The Family Patriarch
2.EARLY LIFE
Childhood, Football, and Engineering
3.CAREER: TRAINS, BRIDGES, SHIPS AND MORE
A Career Begins on an Island
Getting on Board Indian Railways
Pamban Bridge
Sreedharan’s Icons
India’s First Metro
From Railways to Shipping
Chennai, Mumbai, and Retirement
4.POST-RETIREMENT MARVELS
The Konkan Railway Project
A Take-Home Salary of ₹1,080!
Delhi Metro
5.THEN AND NOW
Retirement? Work, Work and More Work
The Secrets behind Sreedharan’s Success
Sreedharan Muses on a Few Solutions
Sreedharan on Three Projects He Would Undo
6.ENGINEERING AND BEYOND
Weaving Spirituality into Daily Life
Sreedharan on His Guru
Sreedharan on Money and Charity
Guru, Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha, on Disciple Sreedharan
7.VOX POPULI
Bouquets and Brickbats
8.INSPIRATION
A Day in the Life of Sreedharan at the Age of Eighty-four
Best Quotes
List of Awards
Timeline
Author’s First Meeting with E. Sreedharan
Endnotes
Acknowledgments
Preface
Revered by millions of Indians as a no-nonsense railway engineer and a technocrat who got work done within de ............

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