For many years, in the afternoons, I saw an old man who looked wise and sad walking down the
the street next to my building while pushing a pushcart ice cream dispenser and selling Kulfi without announcing his arrival with a sales call. He did not ring the bell. The sign on his ambitious cart read, “A1 Dil Bahar Special Kulfi,” with incredible generosity. This meant that the kulfi was extraordinary, delicious, and of exceptional quality. I didn’t have the guts to check whether this was accurate. Additionally, I always preferred to purchase Kulfi from the Punjab Sind Dairy nearby whenever I felt like having it. Delicious and creamy. But I couldn’t help but think about the old man often. He made the Kulfi himself, right?
Using a carefully held age-old family recipe? It could not possibly be simple. However, the company seemed to be chugging along like its sluggish owner. Despite my suspicions that his sales were weak. I never observed any customers embracing the elderly hawker’s lofty claim regarding the caliber and class of his Kulfi. I believe this is the reason he always appeared dejected. He and I haven’t spoken in a while. And I’m hoping he’s still around. Selling his hand-churned delicious kulfi which I hope was genuinely
good. Pushing a noisy cart was a familiar, hunched person.
About Mark Manuel
The above thoughts/content have been proudly copied from the wall of Sir Mark Manuel. I am interviewing almost every role model of this country and going stronger each day. Mark Manuel is a respected Mumbai editor, writer, and columnist.
With over three decades of journalism in leading publications. This includes the Free Press Journal, Times, Dainik Bhaskar, Mid-Day, and Afternoon. He is famous for his brilliant pen interviews. He himself is a TEDx speaker.
Further
His interviews have been featured in several leading media houses. They include the Hindustan Times, Huffington Post, BBC, and Network 18. Almost every famous person has been interviewed by him in the country from Mother Teresa to Muhammad Ali. His first book is just out. It’s titled Moryaa Re! It is a crime thriller that is perhaps the country’s first police procedural. He began his career covering crime. And in a tribute to his experience and knowledge of this beat.
Several distinguished officers of the Mumbai Police and its Crime Branch collaborated with him to make this book possible. Amitabh Bachchan wrote the forward in a statement of friendship for Mark Manuel and admiration for his work.
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