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This IITian lived on the footpath

initiated by Prateek on February 07, 2007 (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/This_IITian_lived_on_the_footpath/articleshow/msid-1199890,cur...)

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 man’s identity as Prafulla Madhav Chiplunkar, grandson of great freedom fighters Vishnushastri Chiplunkar and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, and an IIT Delhi graduate.

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