Guwahati: 32-year-old Diganta Das of Assam has sets example for others how to challenge life and overcome financial problems.
Das lost his entire savings in a business in Andhra Pradesh during the Covid outbreak and subsequent lockdown.
His story is quite inspiring for others and it shows how to challenge difficult situation.
Diganta, hails from Assam’s Gohour, who went to Bengaluru(2012) in search for a job. He got a job and working there either as a carpenter sometimes or a painter or as security guard.
He was satisfied with his job in Bengaluru because he was earning a good amount.
In the same year, he and his friend Surya Thapa joined a company which made fresh readymade food including idli, dosa and parota.
Das and his friend Surya worked as a parota maker in the company in Bengaluru. They learnt the entire process of making parota and studied the market thoroughly.
They both left for Andhra Pradesh just before the Cobid-19 outbreak where they started their own food company with their savings.
Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic broke out and they have to return home finding no other alternative.
Das’s financial condition was so worst that he could not even but a doll or a dress for his daughter.
“I took up any job that came my way. I joined one of my uncles, who is a carpenter, for several months. I earned around Rs 200-Rs 300 daily as my uncle’s helper. But the earnings were too low to run my family of six,” Das said.
He added, “The Covid-19 has affected my life but I took determination that I will come out from this situation,”.
Then in 2021, he wondered if his parota-making skills could come handy. Diganta called one Farizul Hoque of Assam’s Udalguri district, who runs similar a venture in Bengaluru, places in Kerala, Mysore and Hyderabad, and discussed his plan.
Diganta now has a total of 10 employees, two of whom hail from Nepal and the rest are from Assam.
Working out of Biswanath Chariali, Diganta has employed eight persons as salesmen.
He is currently supplying parota to Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.
Diganta is an example for others who lost their job during Covid-19 pandemic.