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Meet Mahesh Kumar.
An Uber driver in Delhi… but his real identity is something the city often forgets to see
A man of dignity. A soul shaped by struggle. A human just like you and me.
Born into a farmer’s family, Mahesh didn’t come to Delhi with confidence or connections.
He didn’t know how to drive. Didn’t even know how to survive in a city that moves fast, talks loud, and rarely stops to care.
His brothers got jobs but Mahesh took the road outside the system, one filled with traffic, sweat, and silence.
He says, “People don’t see us drivers as humans. They just see a rating.”
And that broke something inside me.
Because somewhere along the way, we started calling degrees “education”…
But we were never taught to say “please” to a waiter, “thank you” to a driver, or “sorry” when we push past someone.
We celebrate coding in 5 languages… but fail the test of basic human decency.
We call ourselves “developed”… while throwing garbage from car windows and yelling at guards who are just doing their job.
This is not what progress looks like.
Progress is when we follow traffic rules, even when no one is watching.
It’s when we treat the man cleaning our street the same way we treat the man signing our offer letter.
India doesn’t just need engineers, doctors, or influencers.
It needs better humans, with humility, awareness, and heart.
Because real education is not what we score in school.
Real education is how we behave when we think no one is looking.
Until we learn to respect those who serve us…
We will remain rich in tech, but poor in soul.
And no nation can grow… if its people forget to grow up.

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