Need is the mother of inventions. When we have a desire burning inside, no matter what the problems are, we create a way to fulfill them. A Kerala-based auto rickshaw owner Sunil PS, had a desire to own a Scorpio and lack of money failed to resist his path. With his creativity, Sunil ended up modifying his 3 wheeler auto rickshaw into a Scorpio.
Now someone clicked this wonderfully redesigned vehicle and tweeted the picture to Anand Mahindra, the Managing Director of the Mahindra Group.
@anandmahindra .image shows how the scorpio design turned generic and popular among Indian roads. This mans way of "dream big" pic.twitter.com/jMoJiB5gGs
— Anil Panicker (@AnilPanicker3) March 19, 2017
As soon as it caught his attention, he was eager to acquire it for the company museum and reward him a new 4-wheeler in return.
Anand Mahindra took no time to tweet and request people in locating Sunil. This is what he tweeted –
Iconic. A way to 'Rise.' Thanks for sharing this.Can you help locate him? I'd like to buy it for our museum & give him 4 wheels in return.. https://t.co/uwQ5wYcDpW
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 19, 2017
“Iconic. A way to ‘Rise.’ Thanks for sharing this.Can you help locate him? I’d like to buy it for our museum & give him 4 wheels in return.”
And finally, after more than a month, Sunil was located and Anand Mahindra not only met him but also kept his promise of gifting him a 4 wheeler. He tweeted again; –
Remember this request?Our team managed to locate him! And we acquired the 3 wheeler from him..Gave him a 4 wheeler in return (1/2) https://t.co/mJ7tDdRhTQ
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) May 3, 2017
“Remember this request?Our team managed to locate him! And we acquired the 3 wheeler from him..Gave him a 4 wheeler in return (1/2)”
Here's Sunil, the proud owner of the 3 wheeler 'Scorpio', now a happy owner of a 4 wheeler. All thanks to you twitterati! (2/2) pic.twitter.com/5nb12j2dnj
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) May 3, 2017
“Here’s Sunil, the proud owner of the 3 wheeler ‘Scorpio’, now a happy owner of a 4 wheeler. All thanks to you twitterati! (2/2)”
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Now, this is indeed a great thing to do. While we applaud Sunil for his amazing work, we also respect Anand Mahindra for his heart-warming gesture.
Here is how people reacted;
1.
That's what I like about social media forget all the noise about the misuse I think it's the fastest tool to deliver message today
— sandeep pandith (@sandeepandith) May 3, 2017
2.
I spoke to sunil and was very delighted but he was expecting scorpio S10 from your https://t.co/AGNR4hCl76 have a big heart kindly provide.
— जानू लेबर (@janu_lebar) May 3, 2017
3.
Anand sir. That's a great informal reward for innovation. All possible because as a CEO you are on twitter and actively reply too. Kudos.
— HSN (@netaniti) May 3, 2017
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https://twitter.com/abhishekprsnl/status/859811537585815552
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https://twitter.com/honshomyoshu/status/859768895762296832
What do you think of that? Isn’t social media a great platform if we use it in the right way? Share your thoughts with us.
