Bill Gates is the Founder of Microsoft and Chairman of several renowned companies like TerraPower, bgC3, Breakthrough Energy, BEN, and many more. According to Forbes, Bill has a net worth of 127.8 billion USD and is currently the sixth richest person in the world. As of now, Bill Gates is more focused towards climate change, clean energy innovation, Alzheimer's research, education, and technology. Although the billionaire is doing philanthropy work in different countries, but India holds a special place in his heart.
Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation has been working with the Indian government since 2003 in a series of different sectors like healthcare, agricultural developments, gender equality, poverty, financial empowerment, and others. Bill Gates indeed deserves a lot of recognition and applause for everything he has done and continues to do for India despite being a foreigner.
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At a time when Indian billionaires are focused on grabbing higher spots in Forbes' list of richest people in the world, Bill Gates is spending so much money to improve the lives of so many Indians. Apart from investing huge amounts of money to uplift the poor people in India, Bill Gates also never misses a chance to praise Indian innovation. Once, in an interview with DD News, Bill Gates admitted that India's innovation level is much higher than that of other countries.
On February 28, 2024, the Founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates uploaded a video on his official Instagram handle in which he can be seen relishing a cup of tea at a roadside chai stall in India. Along with the video, Bill Gates even penned a note in the caption in which he once again praised Indians for their innovations and unique way of doing things. His caption can be read as:
"In India, you can find innovation everywhere you turn—even in the preparation of a simple cup of tea!"
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As of now, on March 1, 2024, the video has 57.1 million views, 4 million likes, and more than 10K comments and is currently ruling headlines in India. Well, the reason behind such big numbers and huge buzz is the fact that the man who served the team to the world's 6th richest person was Nagpur's famous tea seller, Dolly Chaiwala.
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As soon as the video was uploaded on Bill Gates' IG handle, while social addicts were in a moment of shock, people who weren't aware of Dolly Chaiwala were searching for him on the internet all this time. Well, to make things easier for people who saw Dolly Chaiwala for the first time, he is a Nagpur-based tea seller, who is famous for his unique way of making tea.
For the unversed, Dolly Chaiwala has been selling tea at Civil Line, VCA ground in Nagpur, for some years now. His unique hairstyle, stylish appearance, and the way he offers chai to his customers in a filmy way have made him India's most famous tea seller. As of now, Dolly Chaiwala has more than 10K followers on his Instagram handle, which speaks volumes about his ever-growing fame.
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Apart from Dolly Chaiwala's unique way of offering tea to his customers, another factor that helped him become popular is his resemblance with iconic Hollywood actor Johnny Depp. We have seen netizens repeatedly comparing Dolly Chaiwala with a younger Johnny Depp.
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In an interview with ANI, Dollya Chaiwala opened up about his experience of serving tea to Mircrosoft founder, Bill Gates and revealed that he wasn't aware of the latter's identity. The Nagpur-based tea seller added that now that he has served tea to a billionaire of Bill Gates' stature, he wishes to serve tea to our honourable Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. He said:
"I was not aware at all I thought that he was a guy from a foreign country so I should serve him tea. The next day when I came back to Nagpur then I came across 'Maine kisko chai pilaya.' He (Bill Gates) said 'Wow, Dolly ki Chai.' We did not speak at all, he was standing just beside me and I was busy with my work. I watch South movies and from them, I have learned the styles...Today, I feel that I have become 'Nagpur ka Dolly chai wala.' In future, I wish to serve tea to Prime Minister Narendra Modi."
What are your thoughts on this unexpected collaboration between Dolly Chaiwala and Bill Gates? Let us know.
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