New Delhi, February 17 A disciplined child, a talented artist, and a dedicated athlete – this is how his mother remembers 23-year-old Sahil Dhaneshra, who was killed after a speeding SUV driven by a minor crashed into his motorcycle in Delhi's Dwarka, just months before he was set to go to his dream college in Manchester.
Childhood photographs and medals hanging from colourful ribbons line the walls of his room. Quotes like "D for Dream and Discipline" and "Obsession will always beat talent" pasted in his room paint a picture of the future that could have been.
Sahil, a final-semester BBA student, was scheduled to leave for the United Kingdom in a few months after securing admission to a one-year Master's programme in Science (MSc) in Luxury Fashion Management in Manchester. He had received his acceptance letter and was preparing for the move.
“He did everything on his own. I had no knowledge about any of this. He would tell me he would manage it himself and figure things out, and I would encourage him," Sahil's mother, Inna Makan, told