No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne;
no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. --- William Penn (1644–1718) the founder of Pennsylvania

“Dynamic, gumptious and good looking” describe her aptly. A graduate in Office Management, Nirmalpreet Kaur had never envisaged a career in media but the desire “to do something different and challenging” led her into accepting an anchor’s job in Punjab Today. She did not want to be “a mere newsreader”, so she got involved with various aspects of producing news bulletins. After working for the channel for two years Nirmalpreet shifted to Zee Punjabi and thence to PTC News. Although she has no professional training as television journalist she has been able to pick up the nitty-gritty of program scripting and packaging “through practical experience”. She thanks her colleagues and employers for their cooperation, and her maternal uncle Jasbir Jassi – the noted singer – too. If you watch her on television you would know that she really enjoys doing live news bulletins. Her questions are terse and to the point. She has anchored quite a few news-based shows too. Her achievements become all the more creditable in the light of the fact that she is polio afflicted. 

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