Dehradun, Sept. 17 -- Rajesh Beri is a unique kind of multitasker and a multitalented person. Educated to be an Electronic Engineer, he served with the Railways till 1997, before becoming a writer, poet, story teller, actor and a film maker. As an engineer with the railways, he developed a level crossing ring which sounds at the time of closure of the crossing when a train is approaching. Before this, a man was posted at the level crossings to manually ring a bell. He also developed a signalling device that holds the signals. Both these products are widely used by the Railways now across the country.

A poet by heart, Beri used to write poems sometimes and participate in Kavi Sammmelans when he came across well-known satirist and Hindi po...