Many in Pune still remember Suresh Kalmadi as a young man in his early 30s sitting at the cash counter of Poona Coffee House — a meeting point for established as well as aspiring politicians. After retiring voluntarily from the Indian Air Force as a squadron leader in 1974, Suresh Kalmadi, the eldest of four Kalmadi brothers — Shridhar, Prakash and Mukesh — began to run the Poona Coffee House with the blessings of Nilubhau Limaye.