Reddit user from Gujarat shared a moving experience of automatic driving late at night. He returned from work around 11 years and spoke to an older car driver who looked tired but still driving.
When asked why he worked so late, the driver laughed bitterly and explained that he had two daughters. One needed coaching fees and the school’s school expenditure had to be paid.
Said he usually earned £700–800 daily. Half of it goes to fuel and rent. To ensure that his daughters have continued education, he runs long hours, sometimes 14-16 hours in the section. Redditor felt humbled.
“I was breaking. I was here, I organized about my business, while this man drove 14-16 hours a day so his daughters could have a chance for a better life,” Op.
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During the ride, the driver said something that remained with the Reddit user: “Poor never dreams for himself, just for his children. For me, I just pray that I still have the power to drive tomorrow.”
By the time he got home, the user felt deeply touched. He offered extra money that the driver first refused. But then he accepted his hands and wished him strength.
“Aapko Bhi Khuda Taqat de,” the driver said.
“I went up, sat down on the bed, and I just thought.
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He realized his greatest privilege and it was not money.
“Maybe the biggest privilege we have is not money or English -speaking work. It’s the fact that we can reduce for ourselves,” he added.
Call to change your system
The reactions to the Reddit contribution were intense and emotional. Many of them demanded a change in the system.
“In a reasonable country, education would be free of charge until graduation. Nothing for the country is more than educated populations. If Googlete List of countries that do it, you will see that they are rich and have a low level of corruption,” one user wrote.
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Another user noted: “It really introduces many privileges that we take for granted. It is a much needed reminder.”
“It is a devastating statement about our state that one has to break his back to educate his children,” he came from another.
Other perspective
However, some other users painted another picture.
One user claimed that people should not bring children into the world if they cannot guarantee food, education and a comfortable life.
“Children do not only need a loving family. They also need good food, clothes, good education and family that can be for them.”
Another commentator agreed from the lower middle class background.
“I did not like the constant financial struggle living in a broken stinking dirty house, consuming local brands …. Life is unfair … If I had a choice to return in time … I would not want to decide to lead this life,” the user wrote.
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