J J Hospital worker Rajesh Sawant finds some members of this dying breed do exist<br /><br /><br />
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: white"><strong>J J Hospital worker Rajesh Sawant (39) and his wife<br />u00a0are on their way home to the staff quarters from a<br />u00a0relatives' house at 11.30 am on Friday. Rajesh's wife,<br />u00a0riding pillion on the motorbike, was carrying a bag that<br />u00a0contained gold jewellery worth Rs 1 lakh.</strong></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: white"><strong>The Sawants reach home a few minutes later and realise<br />u00a0that the bag is missing. Since they had travelled allu00a0the way<br />u00a0from Mazagaon, they're unsure where exactly the bag <br />got lost. Illustrations/Satish Acharya, Text/Alisha Coelho</strong></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: white"><strong>In the meantime, insurance policy worker Nagesh Jadhav<br />u00a0(31) spots a bag in the compound of J J Hospital.<br />u00a0He's there visiting an uncle, who is a patient.<br />u00a0Nagesh finds a chain and a ring in the bag along<br />u00a0with a gas bill, which mentions an address. <br />He goes to the Sawants' home, a few minutes away.</strong></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: white"><strong>Rajesh and his wife are jubilant when Nagesh returns<br />u00a0the bag. Sawant believes his good deed of helping<br />u00a026/11 victims last year had paid off. "Who goes<br />u00a0out of their way to help others these days? <br />That's why Nagesh is wonderful," says Sawant.</strong></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: white"><strong>Tell your story to Mumbai-Man<br />In a city notorious for being callous and uncaring,<br />u00a0our hero,u00a0 Mumbai-Man, defender of good, will find incidents<br />u00a0and stories that stand apart.u00a0Of people whou00a0did their bit<br />u00a0and madeu00a0a difference to a stranger's u00a0life. <br />If you have a heartwarming story, write to <br />mumbai-man@u00a0mid-day.com and see your story unfold. </strong></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
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<p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt; color: white"><strong>Thank You: Nagesh Jadhav (left) was visiting an uncle<br />u00a0at J J Hospital when he spotted a bag that belonged to<br />u00a0Rajesh Sawant's wife. pic/Alisha Coelho</strong></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

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