Dressed As Mahatma Gandhi In Biting Cold, This Man Reminds Us How Tough Life Is
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The elderly man stands barefoot in the cold, wearing only a plain dhoti, a vest and a shawl to keep warm.
An emotional video from Nandi Hills, about 1.5 hours from Bengaluru in Karnataka, has been capturing hearts online. It shows an elderly man, dressed as Mahatma Gandhi, standing in the cold weather to earn some money. The camera zooms in on his face, revealing him shivering while gripping his walking stick.
As the video continues, several travellers drop money into his bucket. Some passersby also took photos of him to share them on social media platforms. In the video, the elderly man stands barefoot in the fog, wearing only a plain dhoti, a vest and a shawl to keep warm. Despite the freezing weather, he remains calm and still. Many viewers praised his courage, while others expressed deep concern for his well-being and urged people to help locate him so he could receive proper support. The person who shared the clip on Instagram captioned it, 'You think your life is so hard."
Reacting to the post, a user wrote, 'Life can be so hard, and here we cry over minor inconveniences. I wish he finds a better job for himself and his pockets never cry."
Another shared, 'Someone's father, someone's husband. I wish his family appreciated his struggle."
'My heart goes out to him, and yet we still complain about how difficult this life is treating us. More power to him," a comment read.
An individual commented, 'This makes me feel like I failed as a citizen."
On more added, 'Things men do to feed their family."
A visitor at the Nandi Hill shared that the old man comes to the place every day. He has no one else except his wife and two grandchildren, a boy and a girl. 'When I asked him why he do this don't he feel the pain in his knees and bad wind he just said his daughter is no more and he has to work for those children's nd he have a wife waiting for him he vl come early and leave by 3 o clk noon," the woman wrote in the comments section. She also mentioned that she tried to help him and even urged others to do the same.
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