Thursday , April 20, 2006 at 20 : 27
Munna Bhai not MBBS
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Sometimes, the most power lessons in life pass by you like the little rustle of a dry leaf. Sometimes, you pause to pick up the flower that will dry with you.
Many Buddhas have come, stopped by me. Yet i have recognised only a few.
At seventy Munna still lugs bricks and sand for a paltry 75 rupees a day. Time and the work has taken a toll, evident from his weather beaten brow and a battered body. His worn out knee- joints barely keep up. Yet, he refuses to give up. After all he has a family to keep in far away Bandha in UP. Two sons and their wives and their children and an old wife who barely recognises him.
He has little to call his own in Delhi - been through yet the
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Karma Paljor has been a journalist for over 11 years. Having started with The Times of India in Mumbai, he moved to CNBC TV18 in 2001. Apart from covering national and political stories for the channel, Paljor also anchored the breakfast show on CNBC TV18. He bagged the Chevening scholarship for Broadcast journalism in 2004. A keen aviation watcher, he loves flying his model aircraft when not reporting about trouble in the skies. Paljor also did a half-hour programme on the problems plaguing the aviation sector in India in 2006, following which the civil aviation ministry suggested several changes including, an overhaul of infrastructure at Air Traffic Controls across India. Paljor, who has anchored every possible show on CNN-IBN, is an avid aeromodeller when time permits.Recent Posts
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