“We often set a lot of expectations in life but sometimes when things don’t go as planned, we end up losing hope in the future. Well, I had faced a similar situation in the past.

I was a farmer and had agricultural land of two acres in our village in Jangaon. Within a couple of years after marriage, we suffered major losses due to scanty rainfall, and seemingly overnight, life changed. But that’s when I decided to move to Hyderabad for a living. I started to do different odd jobs for a living. I was living life on my terms but suddenly I had to work under someone for a meager
income. There was a phase where I could not even afford the medical expenses of my family during an emergency. But I must thank my wife as not even once during that phase she lost hope in me. After a few years of hard work and savings, we both decided to start something small. Initially, I thought of selling fruits but I later decided to start a bhel on the roadside. It wasn’t an easy journey though.

There were several hiccups in our journey but me and my wife stood strong with me during the toughest of times. When it comes to our living, there’s no ‘me’ or ‘she’ with us. It’s always ‘we’ and that’s what kept us going forward in life.”