He'd Seen Taxi, Bus In Films. He Saw Them For Real In Mumbai. Now He's...
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"Millions of people come to Mumbai to try their luck. I was one of them."
Billionaire Anil Agarwal, the Executive Chairman and Founder of Vedanta Resources Limited, has opened up about leaving his home as a teenager and arriving in Mumbai with only a tiffin box, bedding and his dreams to keep him motivated. Mr Agarwal is among the millions who arrive in the city of dreams every year with hopes of making it big. Today worth an estimated $3.6 billion (according to Forbes), he is one of the few who succeed. …I saw a kaali peeli taxi, a double-decker bus & the City of Dreams - all of which I had only seen in the movies. I encourage the youth to work hard & shoot for the stars. Agar aap majboot irade ke saath pehla kadam uthayenge, manzil milna tay hai!
In a tweet shared earlier this week, Anil Agarwal, 67, remembered the day he left Bihar and arrived in Mumbai. "Millions of people come to Mumbai to try their luck," he wrote. "I was one of them. I remember the day I left Bihar with only a tiffin box, bedding, and dreams in my eyes."
He added that he arrived at Mumbai's iconic Victoria Terminus station and saw sights that he had only seen in movies up until then. "I saw a kaali peeli taxi, a double-decker bus and the City of Dreams - all of which I had only seen in the movies," Mr Agarwal wrote. He concluded his post with a note encouraging the youth to "work hard and shoot for the stars".
