NOIDA: The ‘video’ of a 19-year-old man running a daily midnight train 10 km from his place of work to his ambition to join the army has been viewed by millions on the social networking site.
Pradeep Mehra, a 19-year-old resident of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, works at a McDonald’s restaurant. Every day, after work at night, he makes it a habit to run back to his home, 10 km away, at midnight. National award-winning ‘Bollywood’ film director and writer Vinod Kabri
As he was getting into the car at midnight, he was surprised to see this young man running fast.
As the young man drove the car parallel to his speed, he spoke to him.
‘Where are you going to run so fast at midnight; Get in the car and I will drop you off ‘said Vinod. Denying this, Pradeep said,’ My ambition is to join the army. I run like this every day just to practice for it. Only at midnight, there is time for that. ‘
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Vinod Kapri, who filmed the conversation with Pradeep on his ‘mobile phone’, shared it on the social networking site. It has been watched by 38 lakh people in 12 hours. 1.53 lakh people have ‘liked’ this video. This video has become ‘trending’ on the social networking site ‘Twitter’.