I reached Delhi on the morning of the 18th of May. One of our Delhi-based members had in a pvt post to me enquired if the two of us could meet that day in the evening, The venue was a mall in Mayur Vihar, my temporary place of stay. I had readily agreed to his suggestion. He also told me that he would be accompanied by a SURPRISE PACKAGE in the form of an ADMIN, whom he assured me I would be delighted to meet. The time for the meet was 5 pm but I was there at 4.15 pm. Signs of nervous anxiety to meet the member and the admin. They too were before time and came at 4.30 pm. And then began our discussions on rail and other sundry matters which lasted for almost a full 4 hours. I really didn't know how time flew in the company...
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of 2 19 or 20-year olds, who came across as POWERHOUSES OF RAIL KNOWLEDGE. The exchange of information continued till 8.30 pm when we finally parted company. My gratitude and thanks to these two representatives of IRI's YOUTH BRIGADE for making my evening MEMORABLE and WORTHWHILE,
Who were these 2 young STARS ?
(Tejas, Pramodh and Gaurava Awasthi are disqualified from participation in this quiz )

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