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"He sells sandwiches between Nanavati hospital and LIC office on SV road, Vile Parle (northwest Mumbai). He got married this May. Now his in-laws are giving him a tough time because the eyesight in one of his eyes has gone blurred."

"I want to collect enough money to get him operated or at least take him to a doctor who will treat him free of cost. He is a poor boy from UP or Bihar. I will find a way to help him."



Sandeep meets the boy every day when he goes in the evening to have a sandwich. He is also paying for the convent education of his two children and is determined to ensure that they go to college.



Painted inside his rickshaw is another sign which perhaps sums Sandeep Bacche best. 'King of Bandra,' it says after Mumbai's tony suburb. That is the title his friends have crowned him with, and rightly so.

He might not be the King of Bandra in wealth like Shah Rukh Khan who also lives in the suburb, but he is certainly the King of hearts.

There are 55,000 autorickshaw drivers in Mumbai, but he is unique.

Sandeep Bacche

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