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I came back to India in 1981 and joined IIT Madras as a faculty member. I wanted a telephone for my home. I had to wait for eight years in a waiting-list to get the telephone. I went to purchase a two-wheeler, a Bajaj Chetak Scooter, and paid for it; only to be told that I have been put in a queue and may have to wait for three to four years. I went to book an LPG gas cylinder for cooking; by then, I was prepared for a waiting list. When I asked the clerk at the booking counter to register for the wait-list, the old man told me, while entering my name and address, that I was unlikely to get it in my life-time, but I should still put the name as my children would benefit.
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Jhunjhunwala, A. (2020). Journey of a Teacher-Engineer. In: Ghosh, P. (eds) The Mind of an Engineer: Volume 2. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1330-5_19
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