Shrikant Singh's story details a conversation with a cab driver he met on a taxi ride home from work.
Highlights
- Shrikant Singh posted about his chance conversation with a cab driver
- Mr Singh met him when he booked a taxi home from work late one night
- The post is now viral with over 72,000 likes on Facebook
Shrikant Singh, a manager working in Bengaluru, had an encounter with a man he describes as 'one of the most inspiring' he has ever met. And now, his post about this remarkable person is viral with over 72,000 'likes' and more than 10,000 shares on Facebook since July 2.
Mr Singh's story details a chance conversation with a cab driver he met when he booked a taxi home from work late one night. Anand
ji was fluent in English and didn't quite seem like regular taxi drivers - this became clear when he asked Mr Singh what he thought about the 'ecommerce bubble.'
Surprised, Mr Singh asked Anand
ji about himself. Turns out Anand
ji graduated from IIT Kanpur in 1986. "I was working out of the US and India for the past 30 years and I gave it all up to do my own entrepreneurial stuff. I now have 50 cars plying with Uber and I have a couple of strawberry farms in Mysore," he told Mr Singh.
You probably have the exact thought that crossed Mr Singh's mind when given the information. Why would this man be driving a cab?
The answer brought tears to Mr Singh's eyes and will probably have the same effect on you. But we'll let you read the post in its entirety to find out Anand
ji's story further.
It's said every person has a story. And this one is definitely not one that should be missed. Take a look: