Vinod Dua Was The Best Dad Pens Mallika Dua In A Heartfelt Tribute

Comedian and actress Mallika Dua pens a heartfelt note on her father Vinod Dua’s demise.

Veteran journalist Vinod Dua has passed away. He was suffering from prolonged illness and was on life support for some time now.

Mallika Dua took to her social media and penned a note. It read,  “There will never be another like you. My first and best friend. My Papaji. Very few live as large and glorious a life as you did. Always up for a good time. Always ready for a challenge. Loved a good fight. Always there for his children. A self-made, lion-hearted legend who roared in rebellion till his last breath. He feared nothing, least of all death. Thank you for being the BEST dad in the world. I’m sure you and mama are eating chapli kebab and discussing “mallika itna kyun ladti hai sabse. Kaise manage karegi”

“The most courageous, irreverent, compassionate and funny man I know. What a guy. An ordinary boy born in Nabi Karim who took on the high and mighty and won, till the end. Padmashree Vinod Dua. Even at your weakest, you gave Indian Journalism a landmark judgment. No journalist will be randomly slapped with a sedition case because Vinod Dua fought that fight for them, as he always has. Heaven is just so fucking lucky, it has my whole entire life. We won’t live in fear and grief forever. We will live with pride and gratitude because look at the extraordinary parents we got. I wouldn’t trade my destiny for anything. It gave me Vinod and Chinna. Nobody gets double lucky. Bohot Umda”

Vinod Dua started his career with Doordarshan and NDTV India. In 1996, he became the first electronic media journalist to be bestowed with the esteemed Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award.