The news story below should help dispel the myth that all IITians are
successful and a degree from an IIT makes one invincible. Even Umesh may take
his words back.
I saw the news in the TOI.
Dilip
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Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Umesh:
......................... And that IIT envy and your years of struggle to
demolish it with a Harvard degree and really bury it with time in the US, does
not seem to be working too well. Do you want to know why? I will be delighted
to help out--just let me know.
c-da
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This IITian lived on the footpath
15 Jan 2007, 1319 hrs IST,TNN
PUNE: His dishevelled looks and state of penury would barely
ensure a second glance from passers-by near Sarasbaugh, where this 57-year-old
man was seen begging for alms for over a year now. It was his habit of reading
English newspapers on the footpath that caught the eye of a couple of roadside
vendors.
Inquiries by vendors and morning walkers led to the shocking revelation about
the mans identity as Prafulla Madhav Chiplunkar, grandson of great freedom
fighters Vishnushastri Chiplunkar and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, and an IIT
Delhi graduate.
Yes, life can be full of surprises and Prafullas story is an example. While
his illustrious lineage stands confirmed by close relatives, the latter also
revealed that addiction to liquor has played a part in driving Prafulla to his
current state.
Life took everything from me in 2002. My wife Sureeporn and son Suprabhat were
killed in a car accident in Thailand. Following this incident, there was no
need to earn money and there was no goal, so I decided to start living on
footpath, Chiplunkar said.
When asked about his relatives in the city, Chiplunkar said, I got married to
a Thai girl and faced the ire of my family members. I never saw them in my
happy days, and I cant go to them in this adverse condition.
His present condition came to light a few days ago, when two sunglass vendors
observed that a clean shaven man was living on footpath and reading English
newspaper everyday. They reported to some local groups, who informed Sanjay
Dhongade of Dhankawadi village. At present Sanjay and his wife Sangeeta are
taking care of Chiplunkar.
About his maternal grandfather Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Chiplunkar said, I
have played in his lap and was with him for the first 16 years of my life. But
he never saw his paternal grandfather Vishnu Shashtri Chiplunkar, he added.
Chiplunkar was born in Mumbai and studied in Delhi before joining IIT, Delhi.
I did my chemical engineering degree from IIT, Delhi with B-I grade in 1971,
he said adding that he got a job in a Gwalior-based company.
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