Going Atmanirbhar! After Job Loss During Pandemic, Visually Impaired Man Sells Home-Made Snacks
Visually-impaired, Thakkar Ashwin was working as a telephone operator in a hotel in Ahmedabad. Financial crisis during the COVID-19 induced lockdown gave an idea to Ashwin of starting his own business.
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on many people's lives and made it difficult for them to even fulfil their basic needs. The basic source of income has been cut off from them, there are many cases surfacing on the internet from all over India about people who have not got a single penny during these tough times.
In light of the same, a visually impaired man in Ahmedabad Gujarat, named Thakkar Ashwin has been forced to sell homemade snacks after losing his only means of income - his job during the coronavirus pandemic.
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This is a well known fact that the employment rate in the country is currently at an all-time low and millions of people have lost their jobs.
However, Ashwin has courage and not to give up attitude and in Prime Minister words to be ¡®Atmanirbhar¡¯ as he told ANI.
In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of Atmanirbhar Bharat, a visually impaired man along with his wife started to sell Gujarati snacks after he lost his job during the lockdown.
The Courage of Man Led Him To Become 'Atmanirbhar'
Ashwin Thakkar, who is visually-impaired, was working as a telephone operator in a hotel in Ahmedabad. Financial crisis during the COVID-19 induced lockdown gave an idea to Ashwin of starting his own business. In the month of May-June, he started selling Carrie as it was a season of the fruit. Later he started the business of dried Kutch dates and then switched to selling Farsan which is a Gujarati snack.
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Speaking to ANI, Ashwin Thakkar said, "I have never done business before and I never thought the business would go this long. I started selling Carrie fruit then I started selling dried dates and now I have started selling homemade Gujarati snacks. Being blind it was difficult for me to do the delivery, bring raw materials but, with my will power I got success in doing business. My wife also supported me a lot. We are planning to set up a stall of sweets during the days of Dussehra and Diwali."
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"As I am not able to see, many people come to help me. But, I believe that if we are fit we should not take the help of anyone. Everyone has some talent in themselves and if they work hard they will achieve success. I have learnt how to be Atmanirbhar," added Ashwin.
Where some people are trying new ways to earn livelihood there are several cases where people are duping innocent job seekers in return of jobs offers.
Unemployment Rises, People Are Duping Job Seekers
Mumbai police has arrested two persons from Delhi for allegedly running a call centre and duping hundreds of job seekers, an official said.
Arif Abdul Rashid (24) and Sujahud Suhelhud (25), both residents of the national capital, were arrested by Matunga police from the city, he said.
In February, the Matunga police had registered an offence of cheating after a woman complained that online fraudsters duped her of Rs 40,000 on the pretext of offering her a job.
