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<h1> FROM RAGS TO RICHES: INSPIRING STORIES</h1>
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We always tend to blame our luck when we cannot achieve anything. Here
are a few inspiring stories of people who were not born with a silver spoon
but will surely die with a silver spoon!.
</h4>
<h1>1. MAHASHAY DHARAMPAL GULATI</h1>
<h3>From a simple Tonga driver to raising a brand. What started as a small spice
shop in 1919 in the city of Sialkot in Pakistan, worth millions today. A
business started by his father is now an empire with not just the spice
factory, but hospitals and schools as well. This is the rags to riches story of
Mahashay Dharampal Gulati-a school dropout, a Tonga driver, and the
creator of MDH.He was born and raised in Sialkot, in Pakistan. He left
school in 5th standard in 1933 and tried his luck in various other businesses
but didn't work out.In 1947, when Gulati's family moved to India during
Partition, they reached a refugee camp in Amritsar before moving to Delhi in
a flat with no electricity, water or toilet facilities. On moving to Delhi, his
father handed him Rs. 1500; Rs. 630 of which was used to buy a Tonga.
Tonga didn't earn him much so he sold his vehicle to buy a small space for
the business of spices. In 1953, he rented a shop at Chandni Chowk and in
1959 he bought a plot of land in Kirti Nagar and set up a spice factory. His
personal philosophy was "Give to the world thc best you can and the rest
will comc back to you automatically." He might be a 5th-grade dropout, but
his salary was worth crores. With an 80% stake in the company, he didn't
retire even in his 90s and continued to take business decisions.MDH is an
empire today. It has been a journey from a spice shop to a 250-bed hospital,
a mobile hospital for slum dwellers and morc than 20 schools. With a range
of 62 products in over 150 different packages, MDH stands as a motivation
and Mahashay Dharampal Gulati as the face behind the motivation.
Unfortunately, Mahashay Dharampall Gulati passed away, leaving behind a
legacy and decades of what success look like.
</h3>
<h1>2. JAY CHAUDHRY </h1>
<h3>Jay Chaudhry (born 1958/1959) is an Indian-American billionaire
businessman and the CEO and founder of Zscaler, a cybersecurity company.
Prior to this, he founded AirDefense (acquired by Motorola), CipherTrust
(acquired by Secure Computing), CoreHarbor (acquired by AT&T) and
SecureIT (acquired by Verisign).
•He grew up in Himachal Pradesh, India. His parents were small-scale
farmers and his family, during Jay's childhood had no access to electricity
and the village too had no running water. He used to attend school in the
neighbouring village and had to walk 4 kms every day for the same.
• Fast forward a few years, Jay graduated from IIT BHU. After his Bachelor's
Degree, he applied and got admission to a few places for an MBA. But
because the University of Cincinnati offered him a scholarship, that was
where he could go to. Further, Tata too offered a small scholarship. That got
him a plane ticket. He worked for different companies after his MBA for over
a dozen years. But in 1996, along with his wife Jyoti, he quit his job and
started the cybersecurity firm secureIT.Jyoti handled thc financc and the
payroll, along with others, and Jay focused on sales and marketing. They
tried raising funds for 3 months but nothing worked out. So, they used their
life savings.That was his first startup but not the last.Then he founded
CipherTrust, and led AirDefense before founding Zscaler in 2008. Today Jay
and his family own 45% of the NASDAQ listed Zscalar. As of August, 2020
the company has a market capitalization of over US$16 billion.
</h3>
<h1>2. SUNDAR PICHAI</h1>
<h3>The mode of transportation for the family was either buses or the family's
blue Lambretta scooter. Born without a silver spoon, he and his brother used
to sleep in the living room of their two bedroom apartment. There was
simplicity and modesty in his home. But he had a desire to learn and a
knack for numbers. There was no television or car and it was when Sunder
was 12 did the family get a rotary phone.
His intelligence led him to Indian Institution of Technology, Kharagpur, and
then Stanford and Wharton. It was the knowledge, his sharp brain, and his
knack to learn new things that lead him to become the CEO of Goggle in
2015 and further the CEO of Alphabet Inc. in 2019.
In an interview Sundar Pichai said ," My father spent the equivalent of a
year's salary on my plane ticket to the US so I could attend Stanford. It was
my first time ever on a plane...America was expensive. A phone call back
home was more than $2 a minute, and a backpack cost the same as my
dad's monthly salary in India."
</h3>
<h1>3. Johnny Lever</h1>
<h3>Johnny Lever, born in Andhra Pradesh and was brought up in Mumbai's
King's Circle area (Dharavi). His mother tongue is Telugu. Johnny studied in
Andhra Telugu School till the seventh grade but couldn't study further
because of financial problems in his family, after which he decided to leave
school and started working different kinds of odd jobs, such as selling pens
on the streets of Bombay, by imitating Bollywood stars and dancing to the
songs of Bollywood stars.At one of the functions at his factory he was
asked to perform and show his talent. His popularity among co-workers and
officers of the factory; by his performance earned him the nickname
"Johnny Lever". He started to perform in musical shows (orchestras) and
after earning fame, joined the group of Kalyanji-Anandji, a legendary music
direction duo. He did a lot of shows and world tours with them, one of his
first big tours being with Amitabh Bachchan in 1982. At one of his shows,
actor Sunil Dutt noticed his talent and potential and offered him his first
movie Dard Ka Rishta. In the 1980s, he released his mimicry/comedy album,
Hansee Ke Hungame, which became a hit in India and the world over,
increasing his fame to another level. During this time period, he also did few
commercials for Kachua chhap incense, directed by Shekhar Kapoor. In
1986, he performed in a charity show called "Hope 86", in front of the whole
Hindi film industry as a filler and was loved by audience. His talent was
recognized, which resulted in producer Gul Anand offering him a film called
Jalwa with Naseeruddin Shah. He is considered an influential Indian
comedian who has been cited as inspiration by many other comics. He has
received 13 Filmfare Awards nominations in Best Comedian category, and
has won the award twice.
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<h1>5. PANKAJ TRIPATHI</h1>
<h3>Born in Bihar, Pankaj used to act in some of the plays in his village where he
played the role of a girl. Until he reached 1lth standard, he used to help his
father on the farm. His father wanted him to become a doctor. So, he sent
him to Patna for further higher studies.
But when Pankaj saw the play Andha Kuan, he was moved by the
performance of actor Pranita Jaiswal. This made him religiously cycle his
way to watch all stage performances that were held in Patna.His love for
theatre became so intense that he started doing theatre during the day and
at nights, he worked in a kitchen at a hotel. This went on for 2 years when he
realised he had to be trained.But, money was an issue. So, he started
looking for free training. That's when he found out about National School of
Drama, Delli, which by the way rejected him twice before accepting. Because
the basic requirement to enrol there was graduation, Pankaj enrolled himself
in college and graduated with Hindi litcrature as his major. At NSD, he met
Nawazuddin Siddiqui who was his senior by 8 years. This followed a move
towards Mumbai with Rs 46,000 in his pocket in October 2004. However, by
the end of that year, all he had left was Rs. 10. He had no money to buy a
gift or a cake for his wife on her birthday.For the first 10 years in the
industry, he survived with a will to act and run his family. Meanwhile, he
debuted in the movies Run and Omkara with a minor role. However, it was
only more than a decade later that he found breakthrough through Gangs of
Wasseypur.
</h3>
<h1>6. SONU SOOD</h1>
<h3>Sonu is a small-town guy. Born in Moga, Punjab, to a teacher and a textile
business owner, he has now been in thc film industry for more than 20
years. With humble beginnings, he started his career by participating in
modelling events in college. That's when he developed an interest in acting.
So, after graduating, he shifted to Mumbai and started modelling to take
small steps.
In order to get a role, he used to drop his photograph to casting directors
just like others. It was in 1999 when he was introduced to Tamil language
films with Kallazhagar and Nenjinile. In 2000, he appeared as an antagonist
in the Telugu film Hands up!In 2002, he started appearing in Hindi movies.
His first Bollywood movie was Shaheed-E-Azam where he portrayed the role
of Bhagat Singh. Talking about being recognised, it happened with the
movies Yuva and Aashiq Banaya Aapne. He now, has his own production
house called Shakti Sagar Productions which was started in 2016. His
family also owns a hotel by the same name in Juhu, Mumbai. Since a long
time, Sonu has been involved in social work including, but not limited to,
sponsoring the travel and stay for a team of difierently-abled students who
competed at the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Unified Badminton
Championship in Bangkok and an initiative called Shakti Annadanam which
provided more than 150,000 meals daily to the underprivileged in Mumbai.
</h3>
<h1>7. DILIP JOSHI</h1>
<h3>
Dilip was born to a Gujarati family and pursued his B.Com where he was
twice awarded the Indian National Theater Best Actor award. This was
bound to happen for; since childhood, he was good in mimicry and that was
when his mother thought of introducing him to theater. That began the
journey of struggle because at that time, acting was a social taboo. There
was also a time when he didn't get roles and as a backstage artist, he used
to get Rs. 50 role. But Dilip's passion was far more than this. In 1989,he
launched his career with the film Maine Pyar Kiya where he played the role
of Ramu. This was followed by many Gujarati dramas and films like Phir Bhi
Dil Hai Hindustani and Hum Aapke Hai Kon..! When he acted in the latter, he
felt blessed because he stood amongst the big stars. In 2007,his play 'Daya
bhai do dhaya ' got over. That was last play of his 25 years long Gujarati
theater journey. But as his theater journey halted, so did work. For a year he
was jobless until a year later when Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
happened. The rest as people know is history
</h3>
<h1>8. DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM</h1>
<h3>
to boat maker and home maker, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's had to
struggle to make ends meet. Therefore, he often used to sell newspapers.
But, Kalam's superpower was his mind. He was bright, smart, hardworking
and interested in Mathematics. He dreamt of becoming a fighter pilot. And
his inclination towards academics took him to greater heights. He worked at
DRDO, become the project director for India's First Satellite Launch Vehicle
at ISRO, and created a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. Not only this, he was
the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minster and had a important role in
the Porkhran-II Nuclear Tests. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam served as the 11th
President of India from the year 2002. The Missile Man of India received the
Bharat Ratna award. He is not just a story of Rags to making something
great out of the life but is an inspiration to everyone who dreams of
achieving big.
</h3>
<h1>9 Kailasavadivoo Sivan</h1>
<h3>
Born in a farming family in Tamil Nadu, the financial conditions of the family
weren't good. Therefore, though he received his education from Tamil
medium Government school, he didn't spend money on tuitions and worked
without any guidance. Soon, he was helping his father for extra income to
provide for his family. He carried mangoes on his bicycle, sold them, and
paid his school fees. His brother left his education so that he could excel,
which he did. He completed high school, finish Engineering , and then
attained a master's degree in aerospace engineering, most of it was through
larships. After his master's, joined ISRO and started with the PSLV
ar Satellite Launch Vehicle ) project and through his hard work, climbed
up the ladder to become the chairman of ISRO in January 2018. It was under
his leadership that the Chandrayaan 2 mission took place. Although, the
mission didn't succeed, but K. Sivan knew this wasn't the end hence,
launched the dates for Chandrayaan 3. Kailasavadivoo Sivan's story is a
beautiful example of how education leads someone to greater heights.
</h3>
<h1> 10 Rajkummar Rao</h1>
<h3>
He doesn't have bollywood background. That's what makes his story
inspirational. It's filled with sheer dedication and hardwork. Hailing from
Gurugram, Haryana, his father was a government employee and his
mother was a homemaker. He used to participate in school plays and was
involved in theater during college. It was because of Manoj Bajpayee and
the way he was impressed by him did Rajkummar decide to become an
actor. So, in 2008,he enrolled in a 2-year acting course at the Film and
Television Institute of India. He then moved to Mumbai to start his film
career. He spent the next year visiting studios and met with casting
directors. His first role was as a newsreader in Ram Gopal Varma's Rann. It
was a small, uncredited role. This was followed by the film Love Sex Aur
Dhokha and his performance was appreciated. Then, he was offered a lead
role in Ragini MMS to which he was reluctant at first but agreed later on.
Since then, all his performances have been well appreciated. He got his
breakthrough in the movie Shahid and today, Rao is one of the most
promising actors in the film industry
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