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Nothing escapes the scrutiny of the Internet.

On July 2, Amazon India manager Shrikant Singh wrote a Facebook post about his inspiring conversation with an Uber driver during a late night trip in Bengaluru. The driver Anand turned out to be an entrepreneur, who owned a fleet of 50 cars registered with Uber. The story of why he was driving the cab hit a chord with many people, and the post went viral. 

Anand told Singh that he was an engineer, who had shifted back to India after working in the US. He said that had a fleet of 50 cars registered with Uber and even owned a couple of strawberry farms. He then revealed the reason why he chose to drive that day. Read more...

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