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Wednesday, 26 October 2005 |
I am a Mumbaiite. I have lived in Mumbai (Bombay) all my life. I have
grown up here, studied here. I’ve played hard and rough through my
years at Bombay Scottish School and in college. I’ve earned the respect
of friends and the love of a few women. I’ve had my bones broken a few
times, and my heart broken a lot.
As a student, I was just a bit above average, always in the top 15 in
the class. I never had trouble with academics, but I was never a geek
either. I captained the soccer team for Bombay Scottish for a while. I
loved soccer, and would have loved to take it up as a career, but
apparently, the universe had other plans for me.
I was always an athlete. In school, my forte was the sprint: 100 and
200 meter dashes. There’s something tremendously exhilarating about
rushing in front of everybody else in a race. Somehow, that rush never
left me. I just do pretty much the same thing these days, except, on
motorbikes.
College was good. I did my BA (Hons) in economics. I also took up
Taekwondo, under master Javed Khan. That was a stern exercise in
discipline and physical toning. Javed Khan is a great teacher. I
believe he took up an assignment in Los Angeles, teaching the SWAT
force.
After my BA, I went on to do my MMS from Mumbai Educational Trust
(MET). I passed out of the course in 1998. I dare say, with still, no
clue about what life had in store for me.
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