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Indias Railwayman (इंडियाज रेल्वेमॅन)
भारताचे रेल्वेमॅन डॉ.श्रीधरन यांचं हे चरित्र आहे. त्यांचं बालपणीचं जीवन, त्यांची बहीण-भावंडं, त्यांचा शैक्षणिक प्रवास, त्यांचं विवाहोत्तर कुटुंब, रेल्वेतील नोकरी, पाम्बनच्या पुलाचं काम, जहाजबांधणीच्या कामाच्या वेळचा अनुभव, निवृत्तीनंतर कोकण रेल्वेच्या कामाची आलेली जबाबदारी, कोकण रेल्वेचं काम करताना अध्यक्ष असूनही मिळणारं नियमबाह्य वेतन, त्यासाठी त्यांना द्यावा लागलेला लढा आणि त्यांचा झालेला विजय, कोलकाता मेट्रोचं काम, भारतात मेट्रो सुरू करण्याचं श्रेय, चेन्नई आणि मुंबईत केलेली कामं, दिल्ली मेट्रोचं आव्हानात्मक काम, त्या कामादरम्यान झालेला अपघात, राजीनाम्याची केलेली घोषणा आणि नंतर मागे घेतला राजीनामा, त्या कामाच्या दरम्यान आलेला हृदयविकाराचा झटका, मेट्रो रेल कायदा, ब्रॉड गेज-स्टॅन्डर्ड गेज वाद, त्यांच्यावर झालेली टीका आणि त्याला श्रीधरन यांनी दिलेली उत्तरं इ. बाबींवर आणि त्यांच्या शिस्तप्रियता, कार्यतत्परता, ऋजुता इ. गुणांवर या चरित्रातून प्रकाश पडतो. यशस्वी व्यक्तिमत्त्वाचं प्रेरणादायक चरित्र.
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Kahani Pahilya Aagingadichi (कहाणी पहिल्या आगीनगाड
भारतात १८५३मध्ये पहिली रेल्वे धावली. या शोधाने भारतीय जनजीवनाचा चेहरामोहरा बदलला. या पहिल्या आगीनगाडीच्या आगमनाची कहाणी अनेकानेक रोचक गोष्टींनी भरलेली आहे. . रेल्वेच्या विस्तारित जाळ्याबरोबरच अनुषंगिक प्रसंग,रेल्वे स्थानकाच्या निर्मितीचा इतिहास आणि त्या संदर्भातील छोटे उपकथानक या सर्वांचा रोचक, ऐतिहासिक वृत्तान्त या पुस्तकात समाविष्ट आहे. मुंबईतलं पहिलं वाफेचं इंजिन,आगगाडीला भुताटकी समजणारा भोळा समाज आणि त्यावेळच्या गमतीजमतींसह तत्कालीन अद्भुत व चित्ताकर्षक तपशीलवार गोष्टींमुळे त्या सोनेरी दिवसांचं चित्रच जणू डोळ्यांसमोर उभं राहातं.
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India's Railway Man
Sreedharan’s expertise and foresight—on behalf of those not as richly blessed as he was—ensured that political will was converted into a multipurpose railway project. The [Chithoni railway link] bridge was completed eleven weeks ahead of schedule and proved to be helpful to one and all. Two key railway projects changed the way India travels by train—the 760-km stretch of Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro. Both the projects were up and running in seven years flat and the man in charge was Dr Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, popularly known as the Railway Man. He has been hailed as the messiah of new-age infrastructure projects and his success stories have become railway engineering benchmark. Respected, loved and equally hated, this book covers the amazing story of one man—his perseverance, beliefs, and public and private battles. India’s Railway Man: A Biography of E. Sreedharan is a tribute to this extraordinary man.
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Halt Station India
Rajendra B. Aklekars research-and his scholarship which enables him to interpret his findings-throws new light on the way railways were built. - Sir Mark Tully, author of Non - Stop India Fascinating stuff. An enormous amount of really rigorous work. - Naresh Fernandes, author of City Adrift - A Short Biography of Bombay Halt Station India chronicles the dramatic rise of Indias original rail network, the arrival of the first train and the subsequent emergence of a pioneering electric line-all in the port city of Bombay. Trains that once provoked awe and fear-they were viewed as fire chariots, smoke-spewing demons-have today become a nations lifeblood. Taking a walk along Indias first rail lines, the author stumbles upon fragments of the past-a clock at Victoria Terminus that offers a rare view of a city, a cannon near Masjid Bunder Station that is worshipped as a god, a watchtower overlooking Sion Station, believed to have housed a witch. Each pit-stop comes with stories of desire and war, ambition and death-by Dockyard Road Station, for instance, author Laurence Sternes beloved, Eliza Draper, followed a sailor into the sea or close to Parel Station, the wife of Indias governor general, Lord Canning found a garden rich in tropical vegetation this, she replicated at Barrackpore. Drawing from journals, biographies, newspapers and railway archives-and with nostalgic, first-time accounts of those who travelled by Indias earliest trains-the book captures the economic and social revolutions spurred by the countrys first train line. In this, Halt Station India is not just about the railways-it is the story of the growth of Indias business capital and a rare study of a nation.