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The Statesman Delhi
|October 12, 2025
When just-retired Surekha Yadav climbed into the cabin of her first train in 1989, she wasn't setting out to make history.
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She was simply taking up a government job that promised stability. Yet, over the next 36 years, she would become a quiet force of change, blazing a trail in one of India’s most male-dominated professions and showing, in her own words, that “machines don't see gender.”
Her story is more than a personal achievement; it is a powerful lens on how persistence, competence, and institutional support can reshape the gender landscape in India’s workplaces.
This story is from the October 12, 2025 edition of The Statesman Delhi.
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