I’m Famous!
It seems my friends and I are minor celebrities in Chennai!
Um, not really. But we did make a recent local news publication! That’s me on the far right. Not the greatest shot ever, but I’ll take what I can get… it’s not every day I appear in print.
Tamil skills a little rusty? The article is about an autorickshaw (aka ‘tuk-tuk’) driver named Samson. My friends and I hired him for two days of sightseeing in and around Chennai when they came to visit last month. My roommate sent me Samson’s website several weeks ago; a former client created it for him. Samson is part of a new pilot program sponsored by the Tamil Nadu government that gives loans to select individuals to drive ‘tourist-friendly’ autos’. After 2 days of sightseeing, he asked us if we’d be up for having our picture taken for an article about it. Why not?!
My coworkers at the NGO were really excited to see this. As was I!
This post is part of Delicious Baby’s Photo Friday series. Have a great weekend!
5 comments
what fun! i love that his website is so profitable already. what fun!!
The great news is that this man’s new website and your happy-customer-photos could change this man’s life. What a lovely story for everyone involved.
Awesome! I always knew I had friends in high places…
What a cool story and experience! Congratulations on your new found fame:)
We figured it was a win-win situation. If taking 5 minutes to pose for a quick picture will help promote his work, so be it! Fun to appear in the local press, no?!