M K Agarwal

Bedtime Vignettes (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The book covers a variety of subjects from everyday life in a literary, provocative and lucid style. The topics extend from 'Seductions of the Bed', 'Travails of a Neighbour', 'The Lure of Junk', 'Celebrating Retirement Day', etc., and on to 'Dangerous Delights'. The treatment is intended to entertain the reader and not to cause him the fatigue of close attention. It is the hope that after he has spent an exhausting day in office or business, the reader will discover in this book some measure of good cheer. But not only at bedtime; he will find in it a good companion whenever he is looking for some leisurely reading - whether on a trip, vacation or weekend holiday. The reader may, as the saying goes, take one sip at a time, that is, go through one piece. But if he be so inclined, he may ingest, with pleasure and profit, more in one sitting.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Partridge Publishing India
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781482820539
• Artikelnr.: 52558864

Autorenporträt

M.K. Agarwal (known as Maharaj Krishan to his relatives and close friends) received his college education at D.M. College, Moga (Punjab). He did civil engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (India). Through an all-India competitive examination by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in 1960, he was appointed to the Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE), and posted to Eastern Railway, Kolkata. In another examination held at about the same time by Punjab Public Service Commission for recruitment to class I service of three branches of Public Works Department (PWD) of the state of Punjab (then comprising present Punjab, Haryana, and much of present Himachal Pradesh), he stood first; in fact, he was the only candidate to clear the written examination and to be called for the interview. He resigned from the railways, and joined Punjab PWD as direct class I officer. On re-organisation of the state of Punjab in 1966, he was allocated to the new state of Haryana, where he rose to the rank of Engineer-in-Chief with effect from 1986. For long years he headed the state PWD (Building & Road), and retired on superannuation in 1994. He was elected President of Indian Roads Congress for the year 1992-93. In recognition of his service to the profession, the Congress, in 2016, conferred upon him Lifetime Achievement Award. Many a time, he was called upon to act as arbitrator, dispute review expert to adjudicate upon construction related disputes between the contractors and various government bodies, which he did with due diligence and probity. Besides the present book of literary essays, he wrote the following monograph and treatise: . 'Roads in the Service of the Nation': Indian Roads Congress (1994; pp 46) . 'Urban Transportation in India': Indian National Academy of Engineering (1996; pp 272) Further, he was commissioned to prepare the drafts of the following manual/code, which, after vetting by the concerned steering committee, came to be published in the years mentioned against them: . 'Manual of Works': National Highways Authority of India, Govt. of India (2006; pp 314) . 'Haryana PWD Code (2009)': Government of Haryana (2009; pp 262). This is a premier publication of its kind in the country. His interests are English literature and Urdu poetry.