Ninety reasons to celebrate
While people around puffed and panted their way across the finish line, for 90-year-old Muralidhar it seemed like a walk in the park. The lungi-clad nonagenarian was spotted calmly striding past the finish line, leaning on a stick and being guided by his grandson, Rakesh. This was the tenth time the Wadala resident was competing in the Senior Citizens’ Run of the Mumbai Marathon. In fact, Rakesh told MiD DAY yesterday that his grandfather only takes a mandatory long walk in the park every day as practice for the marathon.

90-year-old Muralidhar crosses the finish line with his grandson Rakesh at  the Mumbai Marathon yesterday. Pic/Amit Kamath