Man eats food with plate under scooter amid heavy rain; heartbreaking video moves Internet to tears

Chandigarh, September 14

The struggle to fight for basic necessities of life – food, shelter and clothing – is real.

It is more challenging for the impoverished for whom, managing one time’s meal is a task.

A recent video that has been doing the rounds on the Internet has left people grateful for having food on their table.

In the clip, the heartbreaking visual captures a man sitting on his haunches and eating rice with his hands from a leaf plate. What makes one’s heart cry is that he has placed his plate under a scooter as it rains heavily around him.

Watch the video here:

The video was uploaded on Twitter by an account named Zindagi Gulzar Hai. The caption for the 30-second clip reads, “Dear life, I had a big complaint with you. But after seeing this scene I have quit all my complaints.”

Devoid of any shelter, the famished man sits beside a scooter and gobbles down the food quickly.

The clip showed the bitter reality of marginalised section of society.

It touched the hearts of netizens as many users took to the comment section to share their thoughts.

A user wrote: “I cried because I had no slippers until I saw a man with no feet. Be grateful for every single thing you have in life.”

Another commented: “Your trash is someone’s treasure.”

The clip garnered over 16.7k likes and was retweeted multiple times.

Since what we have might be a dream for many, the man teaches us to be humble and grateful in life.