Kin rejoice Manushi’s Miss World crowning

Sunit Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, November 18

It’s celebration time at the home of Dr Dinesh Chhillar and his wife Dr Usha, paternal uncle and aunt of 20-year-old Haryana girl Manushi Chhillar, who has been crowned Miss World. Besides Manushi’s family members and relatives, their neighbours and acquaintances are visiting them to congratulate them on her rare feat.

“We started dancing and jumping in joy as soon as Manushi was crowned Miss World. Right now, we feel on the top of the world,” says a beaming Dr Usha, as she offers sweets to the guests.

Dr Usha is an Associate Professor and Head of Department of Dermatology at Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women in Sonepat, where Manushi is a third-year student of MBBS.

“Manushi is a gifted and multi-talented girl. She is a fine poetess, painter and an accomplished Kuchipudi dancer as well. She has a good hand at surgery and wants to become a cardiac surgeon,” Dr Usha says while talking to The Tribune amidst celebrations.

Manushi’s uncle, Dr Dinesh Chhillar, who is also an HCMS doctor, says she was born in Rohtak though she studied at Bangalore and Delhi. She topped the CBSE in English and is associated with the Shakti project on menstrual hygiene.

Manushi’s father Dr Mitra Basu Chhillar and mother Dr Neelam are also medical doctors, now settled in Delhi. Dr Mitra Basu Chhillar belongs to Bamnoli village in Jhajjar district and has served at the Rohtak PGIMS as a Registrar. “Manushi has been confident and we were also hopeful that she will make it. By the grace of almighty, she has brought laurels to the country and we are proud of her,” says Dr Usha.

Khattar congratulates

Chandigarh: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has congratulated Manushi Chillar on winning the coveted Miss World 2017 pageant at Sanya in China. He said Manushi has made the country and the state proud. TNS