40 years ago: A look back at a train accident

Chennai resident Kalpakam Srinivasamurti recalls a rail accident that happened 40 years ago. Her son TS Tirumurti and a few other students of Vivekananda College were on that ill-fated train

Recently, in a tweet, TS Tirumurti, the permanent representative of India to the United Nations, recalled a train accident that had occurred 40 years ago to the day. He wrote on his handle, @TSTirumurti: “On this day – 31st August 1981, the train we were travelling in derailed and our compartment overturned at Sirpur-Kagaznagar.” Tirumurti was travelling to New Delhi, together with a few other students of Vivekananda College for an inter-collegiate cultural fest by IIT-Delhi.