I grew up in the a slum of Delhi called Sultan Puri.
The smell of poop feels nostalgic to me even now because that’s the smell I am most familiar with.
Walking, sitting, sleeping literally on garbage was daily life.
I have worked for as long I remember having senses and that is since I was 4 years old.
My father who was not educated, worked hard to barely being able to feed a family of six. Carrying heavy load on a cart, being out in sun and cold, hoping to find work. Coming home in evening dejected because he didn’t earn to be able to feed a single meal in a day.
My dad knew one thing, for us to be able to get out of the misery, one had to be educated. Where I grew up, crime is what you see not kids going to school.
I paid attention to everything my dad said. As soon as I was 5 years old I went to school and waited for the teachers to come out and requested them to give me admission. This is when I was 5 years old.
I have lived most days eating a piece of bread and sometimes nothing. I grew up like a skeleton. We all did.
I have been raped many times, normal for girls there. I sat for others in exams as I grew up to make money faster to support my own education.
While my dad was supportive and let me go do what I could to survive and study, my mom found every way to make my life miserable. She would burn clothes and books that others gave me. She would come to school and beat in the class in front of everyone. She tried to forcefully get me married when I was 12.
I was determined to do better, to get out of the slum, to build a better life. So I never gave up. I fought against everyone who tried to push me down, and that includes my mom.
Any friends who have tried to visit to the slum with me give up right as they step in there. It smells, it’s dirty, you can’t drive there, drug addicts all around.
They ask me how I did it and I tell them - will power, determination, strength, fortune, whatever you call it. I knew I will be able to get out one day and I can’t give-up.
Morale of the story is - keep walking and you will find your way!
This picture is a representation of where I grew up.
@elonmusk I saw the display of Optimus and Tesla in Austin at Lakeline mall! Horrible choice, wrong audience. It should be at domain or Galleria. I asked the girl, she says it sucks but she has no say in it!
@elonmusk who ever made the decision to display Optimus and Tesla at the Lakeline mall in Austin should be fired, it’s the worst location to display it. The best locations could have been domain Mall or Galleria Mall. I feel bad for the employee trying to show it to people!
@elonmusk whoever made the devops to display Optimus and Tesla at Lakeline Mall in Austin should be fired. This should be at either Domain or Galleria.
Last time 6 customer service call on the same issue, I was told refund issued, you can get rid of the item, no need to return. Refund is still not issued. I am here 7th time and I have shared the same problem with 5 people and they just disconnect.
@amazon refund process has been a disaster. I have spent hours with customer service, 7 times, all these people are in India, the moment I share the problem, they leave the chat and some else joins and leaves again. I have spent more time that clause of bed I should get refund of