This 22-Year-Old Vada Pav Seller Started With Rs 300 After Losing His Parents and Job | The Quint

#Omkar lost his parents in 2018. During the pandemic, he lost his job too. With no educational qualification, his options were limited. That's when he decided to put his cooking skills to good use and started #bindhastavadapav. He is a one man army, he cooks and delivers #vadapav all over #Dombivli. This is his story of survival.
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00.07 - 01.52: Omkar talks about his childhood struggles, money troubles, mother's kidney failure and father's disability.
02.05 - 2.30: Losing his job during the pandemic, exhausting all his savings and starting bindhasta vada pav in Dombivli.
2.35 - 3.24: Father losing his job when Omkar was in sixth grade, quitting college and taking the responsibility of the house at an early age, and losing his parents.
3.53 - 5.02: Learning how to cook from his mother, breaking gender stereotypes at home and the most important lesson in cooking he learnt from his mother.
5.06 - 5.45: Being a one man army, from cooking to delivering the food. He also talks about selfless support from his friends, who are now his family.
5.50 - 6.35: Selfless support and help from his friends.
6.45 - 7.20: Not being able to afford a help, business expenses vs profits.
7.40 - 8.00: Social media presence and getting orders via Instagram. Omkar also talks about why he is not on Swiggy or Zomato.
8.07 - 8.35: Why he didn't take up a 9 to 5 job and started bindhasta vada pav instead.
8.50 - 9.15: Why education could never become a priority.
9.26 - 9.42: People wasting food and not valuing each meal they eat.
9.45 - 10.30: Doing charity, distributing food to the poor and his wish to do something for the old and aged, who have been abandoned by their own kids.

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