Anand Mahindra, the chairman of Mahindra Group proves that the Internet is the best platform to interact with people. He makes extraordinary use of Twitter in making charitable contributions to the people in need.
10 Incidents By Which Anand Mahindra Has Surely Win Your Heart
1. Gifted Four Wheeler To Autowala
A Twitter user had tweeted to Mahindra a photo of an auto, whose rear was modified to look like a Mahindra Scorpio. Anand Mahindra was so impressed by the creativity that he decided to buy that auto for his company’s museum. He then gifted him a ‘four wheeler’ in exchange for his ‘Three wheeler’.
2. Designed A Booth To Cobbler
Anand Mahindra had received a photograph of a cobbler through WhatsApp who publicized himself as the doctor of ‘hurt shoes’. His marketing skills have won the heart of Anand and he asked if someone could locate him. After locating him, Anand’s Design Studio team from Mumbai designed a booth that was functional yet aesthetic.
3. Help In Expanding business
A mother of a single child, Shilpa was going through a financial crisis. She then took out a 1 lakh rupees deposit that she had kept for her son’s education and bought a Mahindra Bolero pick-up truck. She transformed it into a food-truck and started selling North Kannada delicacies. This was the time when someone from her locality tweeted the picture of ‘Halli Mane Rotties’ to Anand Mahindra offering to help Shilpa expand her business!
4. Gifted Thar To Paralympian
When Twitterati bombarded Anand Mahindra with requests to give a car to Paralympian Mariyappan Thangavelu who had won a gold medal in the high jump event at Rio Paralympics, he didn’t dishearten them and gifted him a Mahindra Thar.
5. Invested In Old Lady’s Business
An old woman known as Idli Amma became famous for selling idlis at just Re 1 for 30 years, even during the lockdown. And when her story went viral, Anand Mahindra stepped in to “invest” in her business and offered her help.
6. Offered Education To Class 10 Student
Shobharam had cycled 106 km to help his son take his Class 10 supplementary exams, and his story had gone viral on social media. After knowing about the efforts, Anand Mahindra called Shobharam a “heroic parent” and offered to fund his child’s education.
7. Extended Financial Aid To Couple
During a lockdown when a couple exhausted their savings to feed people and provide ration to them, Anand Mahindra offered to compensate the couple financially.
8. Supported A Teen
One day, Anand posted about supporting a teen from Imphal whose skills left him “awestruck and inspired.” The teen used scrap material to build himself an ‘Iron Man’ suit. Now, in his latest tweet, Mahindra has mentioned that he’s kept his promise to help the teen fulfill his dreams.
9. Offered Job To Disabled Man
A video of a man with no limbs driving a modified vehicle went viral. Soon after the video, Anand Mahindra was left awestruck by a Delhi man who did not let his “disability” become a drawback. He offered him a job in Delhi.
10. Offered Bolera To Village Man
A blacksmith from Maharashtra’s Devrashtre village could not fulfill the demand of her daughter to buy a four-wheeler. But as his daughter proceeded with the demand, he decided to ‘build’ a vehicle using jugaad. Anand was highly impressed and tweeted that he would personally offer him a Bolero in exchange for his vehicle. Local authorities will sooner or later stop him from plying the vehicle since it was against the regulations.
Anand Mahindra, who has millions of followers on Twitter, often gives shout-outs to local talent. No doubt he always stays positive and proves the real meaning of Humanitarian.
