Story Of UK Journalist Becoming Friends With Mumbai Auto Driver & Godfather To His Son Wins Hearts
Proving the same is a viral tweet by an UK journalist, who became close friends with an auto rickshaw driver from Mumbai, so much so that the driver asked him to be the godfather of their new born baby.
There are no rules when it comes to friendships - they can happen anywhere, anytime and with anyone. At times, people find it in the places they least expect it to.
Proving the same is a viral tweet by a UK journalist who became close friends with an auto-rickshaw driver from Mumbai, so much so, the driver asked him to be the godfather to his newborn.
The internet is completely in awe of this friendship and the story. Here's what happened.
UK Journalist becomes friends with Mumbai auto-rickshaw driver
Last December, I got in a random rickshaw at Jio World. It was the start of the most beautiful & unexpected friendship - Shaan has driven me every day since. Today, his wife gave birth to a son. He¡¯s called the baby Yusuf - the Urdu for Joseph - and, asked me to be god father pic.twitter.com/PV0kvJXJMJ
¡ª Joe Wallen (@joerwallen) December 18, 2022
UK-based journalist Joe Wallen found a close friend in auto-rickshaw driver Shaan in Mumbai. In a Twitter thread that is now going viral, Wallen shared the story of their friendship and even announced that Shaan and his wife welcomed a baby boy recently.
Wallen met Shaan in the month of December last year and the two have been friends ever since. Shaan drove Wallen everywhere. In a tweet, Wallen called this friendship "most beautiful and unexpected."
The tweet read, "Last December, I got in a random rickshaw at Jio World. It was the start of the most beautiful & unexpected friendship - Shaan has driven me every day since. Today, his wife gave birth to a son. He¡¯s called the baby Yusuf - the Urdu for Joseph - and, asked me to be god father."
An unlikely friendship
Did not have being a godfather to a newborn in Uttar Pradesh on my bingo card for this year but here he is, Yusuf Mubarak Ali - shared with permission of Dad
¡ª Joe Wallen (@joerwallen) December 18, 2022
We hope he will play cricket for India one day ?????? pic.twitter.com/bQBj2jE4tg
In other tweets, Wallen shared that Shaan's wife had a difficult pregnancy. He wrote in a tweet, "We are just so very happy. It was such a difficult pregnancy - Shaan¡¯s wife lives in a small village in remote Uttar Pradesh and had a lot of complications. Quite a few of you on here helped her get medical treatment when she needed it - thank you!"
We are just so very happy. It was such a difficult pregnancy - Shaan¡¯s wife lives in a small village in remote Uttar Pradesh and had a lot of complications. Quite a few of you on here helped her get medical treatment when she needed it - thank you!
¡ª Joe Wallen (@joerwallen) December 18, 2022
But the baby boy is now here and is happy and healthy. The couple has named the baby boy Yusuf Mubarak Ali and Shaan has asked Wallen to be his godfather. Wallen happily accepted and shared an image of the baby boy "with the permission of dad."
Wallen also hoped that the baby boy will play cricket for India one day.
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