If the spirits are strong, even the most difficult destination becomes easy. The promising son of a father selling panipuri has proved this to be true. He himself used to clean the plates at his father’s panipuri shop but now he will fulfill his dream of cleaning the blockage from the heart in the human body.

Alpesh Rathod from Meghraj in Aravalli district of Gujarat, who sells panipuri with his father, has taken a giant leap of success in his life.  Alpesh has cleared the NEET exam, he will soon be able to do MBBS from a government college. He has secured 613 marks out of 700 in the NEET exam and dreaming of becoming a cardiologist.

He says that, ‘After making a career in Cardiology, i also wants to move forward in Neurology.’ The great thing is that after getting his MBBS degree, Alpesh will be the first doctor not only from his family but from the entire Kenthwa village. Along with studies, Alpesh has also been sharing his father’s hand in work.

Regarding his daily routine, he says that till class 10th, he used to wake up every morning at 4 am and help in making pani puri and masala with his father Ram Singh. After this, he used to decorate a paani puri cart for his father. In the evening after finishing school, Alpesh used to sell golgappas to the customers as well as wash the leftover utensils of the customers.

Even with this routine, Alpesh was very smart in studies. Along with working at Golgappa shop, he studied and got 93% in 10th standard. These numbers made him realize that he can achieve big goals in life. According to Alpesh, his teacher Raju Patel and his wife guided him about many career options. In those days, Alpesh’s father was suffering from eye problem, and medicine affected him. In such a situation, Alpesh gave all his hard work in the preparation of MBBS entrance exam.

It was not easy for Alpesh’s father, who earned only 15 thousand rupees a month, to accept this decision of Alpesh. His family can hardly survive with this income. In such a situation, it was very difficult to arrange money for the coaching fees of NEET. His parents said on his decision that there is a lot of risk in it, which can ruin him financially, but Alpesh somehow convinced him. He did not allow his decision to be proved wrong and that is why his family is happy with his success today.

Report by Devesh Kumar Sharma