Anand Mahindra All Praise For Engineering Dropout Who Runs ‘Hunger Langar’ For The Poor

Anand Mahindra is one of the well-known Indian billionaires. While he is popular for being the chairman of Mahindra Group, he is also popular for his Tweets. Back in July, he made an inspirational tweet for everyone where he shared the story of his “startup hero” Paramjeet Singh.

Recently, an engineering dropout also grabbed Anand Mahindra’s attention for doing a glorious deed. Therefore, it goes without saying that Anand made a tweet about it. If you are curious to know about the backstory and tale of this engineering dropout that in the eyes of Anand Mahindra is a “powerful story” then you are at the right place.

Read on to know the full scoop about this inspirational tale.

The backstory of the engineering dropout Shivam Soni

Shivam Soni who hails from Madhya Pradesh is a 26-year-old engineering dropout. Back in the 2018s, he owned a restaurant. However, sadly he was diagnosed with Psoriasis. Psoriasis is a skin condition that creates red, itchy, scaly areas. Plenty of Madhya Pradesh locals suffered from this serious skin ailment.

One among whom was Shivam. Due to suffering from this disease Shivam was unable to continue working in his restaurant. Because of it, he was going into a lot of debt. The situation deteriorated to the extent that he fell into the pit of debt of about ₹18 lakh.

Shivam was highly depressed with his situation and therefore he decided to run away from his home to the city of Indore. While leaving he only left a note for his family. Furthermore, during his struggling days, he used to spend a maximum of his time living and traveling on road with an empty stomach. Those were the days that made him realize the utter importance of food.

This realization gave him the impetus to start his very own start-up called the “Hunger Langar”.

About the “Hunger Langar,” start-up by Shivam Soni

The Better India featured the story of Shivam Soni and shared about his start-up “Hunger Langar”. “Hunger Langar” is a food operation via which Shivam provides food to the poor residents of Madhya Pradesh. What is purely monumental about this initiative is that Shivam feeds the poor only for just a sum of ₹10.

With big financial losses, serious skin ailments, and plenty of other problems the poor residents of Madhya Pradesh were already suffering a lot. The initiative of supplying food at such low prices was the best thing to ever happen to the locals.

This powerful story of engineering dropout Shivam Soni which was published by The Better India grabbed the attention of somebody who Shivam never anticipated. Yes, we are talking about none other than the business tycoon Anand Mahindra.

Anand Mahindra shared his insights about the “powerful story” of Shivam Soni

After coming across the powerful story of Shivam Soni via The Better India post, business tycoon Anand Mahindra took to Twitter and shared his insights. By asking for the contacts details of Shivam from the publication, Anand wrote,

“What a powerful story. Life continues to teach us that the best way to heal ourselves is to help others. I guess he’s gathered external supporters to fund his langar. I’d be very privileged if I could add my support too. Request @thebetterindia to provide his contact details”

Plenty of people replied to Anand Mahindra’s tweet

One user wrote,

“India is one of the very few countries that worship food as a deity. These founders are fulfilling the work of the God of Food.”

Another user went like this,

“To come out of such a situation, rebuild self and also all along to care for others, is inspiring to those who struggle in life with different problems!”

This initiative by Shivam is indeed applaud-worthy. What are your thoughts about Shivam Soni and his initiative? Do tell us via the comments below.