At a small two-wheeler showroom in West Midnapore, a quiet moment turned extraordinary when a tea seller from rural Bengal walked in with plastic containers full of coins, Rs 69,000 worth, and another Rs 31,000 in notes. His mission wasn’t to buy a bike for himself but to fulfil his daughter’s dream. Advertisement

According to a Times of India report, Bachchu Choudhury, a resident of Maula village, spent four years patiently saving small change in “Lakshmir Bhands,” traditional piggy banks, until he had enough to surprise his 23-year-old daughter, Sushma, with her first scooter. “He always said we couldn’t afford one,” Sushma recalled. “Then, out of nowhere, he told me, ‘Let’s go, I’m getting you a scooter.’ I didn’t believe him until I saw the box full of coins.”

When Choudhury arrived

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