Meeting Milind Soman

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We met Milind Soman...

On the way back home...

In front of Flurys, Park Street...
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I've been reading stories and checking articles on Milind Soman since I was 12. 

To actually meet him out of the blue was something I'd never have been able to prepare for...

So as a posse of girls from Loreto walked back towards the metro from an inter-collegiate fest...who do we "bump" into, but Milind Soman, accompanied by a few of his people!

One of us recognized him...

Pragya spun around, disrupting her phone call with a slight movement and whispered "Isn't that Milind Soman?"

Now that's not a question you are asked everyday, is it?

Me being me, I tripped over (again) in my hurry to confirm her observations. And there he was, standing on the steps to Flurys, speaking to his PA about the Pinkathon.
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He looks so much better in Real Life:

Dressed in a casual black tee and jeans, with his signature salt and pepper hair, he had his hands in his pockets and we just stood there...for sometime...taking it all in...

Where we speak to him...

After a few nudges and an exchange of hurried whispers that went something like this... "shall we speak to him?", "can we speak to him?", "are those actual body gaurds beside him?"... around 5 of us approached his guards asking, "Can we speak to Mr. Soman????"

They just said, "You can try..."

There was no stopping us after that. The conversation basically consisted of him inviting our college to the Pinkathon and Pragya and a few others conversing with him and his PA (and with me simply standing and staring...).
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He shook hands with us and was on his way, before we fully realized, what had just happened. And thus...there were around 13 girls in the middle of the sidewalk squealing with excitement (including a little jumping up and down) in no time. 

We eventually calmed down...of course...maybe...

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What touched me most about this man was his down-to-earth attitude and his belief in a cause that has shaken this decade. His actions and past achievements have set him way above the league of ordinary men. He is inspiration and motivation personified.
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Meeting Milind Soman... is something I hadn't bargained for, this soon. Your stories on Milind Soman and how he affected you, even in the slightest way possible, are welcome in the comment box below :)

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