I have had 18070 revolutions around the Sun, lived 433,680 hrs – 26,020,800 seconds. Taken 9,367,488,000 breathes and had my heart beat for a whooping 1,873,497,600 times!

Through the thick and the thin, the hot and the cold, the ups and the downs, the pinks and the blues, life has indeed been an interesting adventure.
31700 hrs of formal education with 31,680 kms of educational travel and 300,152 kms around the globe.
5 years in theatre with over 15 drama scripts written and directed. 30 yrs of film making with over 60 films, over 35 music tracks and 3500 hours of public speaking. Faced great challenges and threats exposing the harsh realities of domestic violence and human Trafficking. Spearheading a massive HIV & AIDS programme that reached millions with preventive-care messege and helped thousands find hope. I also had the opportunity to interact with many local & international politicians, world leaders, theologians, faith leaders, Prime Ministers & Presidents, among others. The greatest blessing was to meet Mother Teresa in person.
25 yrs in social service having played different roles as a father, brother, father-in-law, grandfather, godfather and mentor to over 1750 children, young men and women!
In the years gone by I have lost 38 of my very close friends and family members and each one of them have played a special part in shaping my life.
I have been living with an acute physical pain for the past 25 years due to an autoimmune condition called ‘Ankylosing Spondylitis’. Survived one major accident and 2 life-threatening illnesses.

I have lived  under the grace of God the Father.
Every heartbeat has been worth cherishing.
My existence is a miracle and I’m still kicking!
Thank you to each one of  the precious you – family & friends, partners, classmates, colleagues & acquaintances, stewards, vendors, pilots, drivers, and the ever growing 20 million plus people of Mumbai with whom I co-exist. who have been a part of my existence. My two dear canines who have been a part of my life one for 17 yrs and the other for 14 yrs and a feline for 3 months.
The most important thing I have learnt from my dear parents and from my Guru Jesus is “Never give-up giving”.
My tears and sweat have salt and I shall continue to be a nonconformist as I am and yet be a Catalyst.
Life has only begun for me! So much more to give and to refill. – Timothy Gaikwad

Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out;  you formed me in my mother’s womb. I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvellously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared  before I’d even lived one day. Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful! God, I’ll never comprehend them! I couldn’t even begin to count them—any more than I could count the sand of the sea. Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you!

From the Holy Bible

Caricature courtesy: Rajesh Karande & Media Manager: Priya Singh.