Trending:

Mohali girl sells Pani Puri to support her education, story of struggle blows up

In a video by food blogger Harry Uppal, Poonam explained that she runs the stall by herself to support her education. She goes on to talk about how she had to quit her job to focus on studies. However, since studying alone didn’t cut it, she set up the chaat stall in Mohali.

TN Viral Desk

Updated Aug 5, 2022, 14:30 IST

Poonam, of Punjab's Mohali, runs a chaat stall to support her education | Picture courtesy: Instagram/@therealharryuppal

Photo : Twitter

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Gol Gappe, Papadi Chaat and Dahi Balla are among the smacks on the menu.
Poonam prepares all of these savoury snacks by herself.
The video featuring the girl has clocked 7.5 million views on Instagram.

For all of the supposed convenience of the 21st century, nothing quite comes easy for Generation Z. Many of us are blowing through our savings just to pay bills and exhausting ourselves at work so we can survive until the next paycheck - all to prove our worth to someone that wouldn’t think twice before letting us go should you fall sick.

But this burden befell a girl from Mohali, Punjab when she realised her dreams of getting a good education hinged on the dreaded “side-hustle”.

A video posted on Instagram by food blogger Harry Uppal features Poonam, the girl who runs a chaat stall. It offers some lip-smacking savoury snacks including Gol Gappe, popularly known as Pani Puri, Papadi Chaat, Aloo Tikki and Dahi Bhalla.

Poonam explains that she runs the stall by herself to support her education. She goes on to talk about how, when previously employed, she had to quit her job to focus on studies.

However, since studying alone didn’t cut it, she set up the chaat stall in Mohali.

Poonam’s story, which first made Instagram on July 13, blew up as the clip shared by Uppal scored a massive 7.5 million views.

In March, another inspiring story of gritty perseverance came to light when a once-homeless couple in Delhi became a proud owner of a featured business.

A man named Karan, who had been working for a Parliamentarian for several years, lost both his job and shelter when the pandemic struck and was forced to live out of a car and eat at soup kitchens with his wife, Amrita.

Then, after a life-changing epiphany, they decided it was enough and started a Rajma-Chawal stall. It was discovered by another food blogger.

Latest News