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Journalism of Courage
Shernaz Dinshaw, a radio personality and columnist, got her first break when she returned from England several years ago. In England, Shernaz had tried her hand at just about everything 8212; from wielding to pulling pints behind the bar. Back in India, she called up her old school buddy, Mithali Kakkar, who asked her over for lunch. It was then that Shernaz met Mithali8217;s husband Prahlad Kakkar, the famous ad-film maker.
Shernaz decided to quit advertising, left Prahlad8217;s firm and worked for an NGO called DKT. This was a social marketing organization which focussed on HIV and population control. While working on this project, she met Mid-day8217;s Tarique Ansari. And when asked whether she would be interested in radio, Dinshaw said yes, thinking that it would never really take-off.
But it did, and that8217;s how Shernaz became the host of the radio show 8212; Good Morning Bombay. Presently she is off air since FM radio licences have been cancelled. But Shernaz keeps busy with her column for Mid-dayand Elle, and her company which sells wooden toilet seats. Says Shernaz, quot;I often wonder how I coped simultaneously with all these things as well as my radio show.quot;
