Nishant: The Human Wonder

There are very few humans as adventurous and courageous as the MAN I have come to know over the past few months: Nishant.

This guy is everything nobody is. He possesses brilliant leadership qualities, a stentorian voice, an amiable personality; he is gallant, responsible and above all, CLEVER!

The recent Mumbai terror attack shook everybody. Most people lost their faith in life. But even 59 hours of terror weren't enough to make Nishant quiver in his boots.

His love for college and audacity urged him to pay his college a visit. A close encounter with death (he was at Regal Cinema when the terrorists began firing in the adjoining Leopold Cafe) wouldn't deter him.

However, not everybody is as intrepid as Nishant. He found himself quite alone in the college for very few dared to do what he did: step out of his house so soon after the terror attack.

He was greeted in college by a sepulchre silence. But it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Nishant decided to make a virtue of necessity and hone his photography skills. So, off he went, clicking away on his camera, getting shocking images across to his friends who would have given their right arm to NOT see those pics.

This stalwart, however, was far from over. He, next, dashed off to the Leopold Cafe and the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel to witness the ruin first hand.

The outcome of the terrorist attacks was the media recognizing the remarkable photography talents of Nishant and us believing that ATS might be fortuitous enough to find a future replacement for the indomitable late Mr Hemant Karkare.

I wish Nishant all the very best for his future. He has a multitude of career options ahead of him. Truly, how rare it is to meet a human wonder!