Amidst this doom and gloom an amazing story of a fighter - Arun Lal.
The cancer survivor. The environmentalist. The animal and birds lover. The St Stephen's graduate. The cricketer. The commentator. The philosopher. The tough task master as a coach.
The best thing you you would read this week.
Another story of our land in this context.
I remember real story of a gujarati actor archan trivedi. He suffered cancer in 30s of his life. Was playing even romantic roles on dd girnar. Undergoing chemotherapies he lost all his hair. Looked ugly also. Had the tremendous wish to live. We call it jijivisha. He survived. Again on stage. Now in mid 50s. Recently i listened to his wife's vachikam on prithvi vallabh novel by munshi. After the show someone personally introduced him and the couple to me. He was as lively as he would have been in his 20s and 30s. Cancer sent in back stage and shown exit
