And the award for the Best News Talk Show goes to...

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Last year, it was a July evening when the first ever News Television Awards were held at a five-star hotel in New Delhi... it was the same day that we had shot our first episode of Zindagi Live. After the shoot, I went to attend the awards ceremony because I was a nominee for the Best News Anchor Award. I knew I wouldn't win the award but being nominated with the likes of Vinod Dua and Ashutosh was an award in itself for me.... That evening I was sitting in the last row.... my director Swaroop was also there...I was dreaming and I suddenly asked him...."Swaroop, do you think Zindagi Live will get any nominations in the next years award function?". Swaroop, obviously to make me happy, said, "Of course it will!!!!" Although a talk show winning an award in its first year seemed like an impossible dream but....