In 2020, Tajinder Mehra, a resident of Delhi, started his own food stall to help his family financially during the pandemic
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“I was all of two months old when my parents decided that selling me off for Rs 20,000 was the most viable solution,” says Tajinder Mehra (26), a resident of Delhi.
Born with only one hand, Tajinder, a resident of Delhi, has had a very difficult and chequered life to say the least. Having always been ridiculed and put down for not having one hand, Tajinder says that life has taught him to be tough.
Having contested in Mr Delhi four times, he has won the competition thrice in the past and despite all this found himself without a job during the lockdown owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Tajinder tells The Better India about his difficult childhood, and how he decided to start a non-vegetarian food stall to make money.
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