Take Your Broken heart And Turn It Into... A Food Joint? Dehradun Man Opens 'Dil Tuta Aashiq' Cafe After Breakup
With his tea joint called ¡®Dil Tuta Aashiq- Chai Wala' a 21-year-old youth from Dehradun is creating a buzz in the area. He says he opened the place after he suffered a heartbreak during the lockdown.
'Dard Sabko hota hai
Dil sab hi ka toot ta hai
Dard se mat darr
Kyuki Dard ke aage jeet hai
(wow, could I be writing the next Arijit Singh song lyrics?)
While many of us take that toota hua dil, hold its pieces and cry in one corner of our room for what seems like an eternity, some people turn heartbreak into¡ well profit. At least that is what this one guy did.
With his tea joint called ¡®Dil Tuta Aashiq Chai Wala', a 21-year-old youth from Dehradun is creating a buzz in the area. He says he opened the place after he suffered a heartbreak during the lockdown.
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According to an HT report, Divyanshu Batra, a resident of Dehradun and owner of the cafe, says he decided to open a cafe with a catchy name as he wanted to "take something positive out of his break-up" instead of "mourning it for long."
The cafe is located in the capital's GMS Road district and it opened on December 16. It been attracting customers since, especially youth who have also suffered heartbreak from breakups.
"I had a girlfriend from my high-school days with whom I broke-up last year as her parents were against us going together. After that, I was depressed for about six months and spent my time only by playing PUBG. Then one day, I thought it's enough and I will get out of this, and that's how the idea of this popped up,¡± HT quoted Batra as saying.
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He said his parents, particularly his father, were a bit 'skeptical' when he told him about opening a cafe with this name. Batra is a BSc in computer science and claims to have opened the cafe with his savings.
He manages the cafe with his younger brother Rahul Batra, and he reportedly said that "more than doing business, he wanted to provide a platform to people like him with heartbreaks to share their stories."
This reminds me of the movie Broken Hearts Gallery where the protagonist asks people to let go of their heart breaks by not hoarding things from their previous relationships. There is something about people getting closure after heartbreak that echoes with the audience.
Sharing sad experiences out loud and realising that one is not alone in it, can prove to be cathartic and it is laudable that Batra thought of providing a space for people to let go and talk, even if it is for sometime.
He has received a good response and plans to expand his cafe.
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