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'Fatherhood made me a better man'

'Fatherhood made me a better man'
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Chris Brown has had a series of legal and personal troubles since he was convicted of beating up then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009, serving community labour and even a prison stint, but he claims his daughter has helped him put the past behind him."I have a co-parenting job that's pretty amazing but, you know, learning how to be a dad, especially learning how to take care of somebody else," he said. "It's very humbling... It's very calming. I think I was a lot (more)... rambunctious, very hyper as a kid but, now seeing that 10 times over, my daughter's kinda, like, mellowing me out."

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A trek to the top

His trips to the Himalayas changed him. Today, Durgadas Parab is a different man, a better human being, spilling his kindness to raise humanity and educate the underprivileged children in his locality

BHARATI PAWASKAR
Published Dec 7, 2015, 12:00 AM IST
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A trek to the top

This is the gutsy story of a hard core trekker whose urge to become someone big brought him out from his humble background to excel in his profession to the level of senior business associate. Born to a postmaster father and a farmer mother, Durgadas saw a difficult childhood in remote Pernem where he was raised with five other children “ his two sisters and two cousins, that of his deceased uncle and aunt. With no means to survive, education was secondary and hard to come…

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