overcome by a jumble of conflicting emotions. Pride, undoubtedly, at this supreme moment in his life. But with pride came a boundless sense of humility. That he, the son of a schoolmaster from a poor village in the state of Maharashtra, India, could be thus honoured seemed altogether improbable. After all, what had he really achieved? He was an honest man who had worn the uniform of the Brihanmumbai Police with an unblemished record for over thirty years – before a traitorous heart had forced him into early retirement – and in the India of today that was something to be proud of indeed. And
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