September, 2007
Why MS Dhoni reminds me of Coach Nagarkoche
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Ranchi maybe the new capital on Indian Cricket, Rae Bareilli and Rohtak its new hot spots but when Captain MS Dhoni standing at the felicitation ceremony in Wankhede stadium spoke of small town boys and fire in their bellies to do well on the big stage, I was reminded of Coach Nagarkoche. An ex army man who is training the country's future marathon runners at a small village in Nanded in Eastern Maharashtra. A month ago as we were scouting the length and breadth of this country looking for India's real and unsung heroes, I met Coach Nagarkoche. He was running with a group of young boys and girls on the main highway connecting Nanded in Maharashtra to Bodan near Hyderabad. The boys and girls in the age group of 8 to 18 are part of a project that is based on marathon's unwritten scouting law. Scan the rural country....
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Anubha Bhonsle is an anchor and Senior Editor of CNN-IBN. She has been a journalist for over 12 years, starting her career with The Indian Express, then moving to be part of Miditech, the Zee Group, subsequently joining New Delhi Television where she was part of the political bureau and an anchor. Anubha joined CNN-IBN at inception, as prime-time anchor and Senior Editor. She is a graduate in Journalism and a post-graduate in social communication. As a Jefferson fellow she researched on America’s political history and the role of gender and race. Anubha and her team have been part of many award-winning projects. Her documentaries on Irom Sharmila and Children of Conflict won appreciation internationally, at the New York Film Festival and the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association. Anubha is a cleanliness freak, loves collecting kettles and admires Pearl Buck. She lives in Delhi with her family.
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