DUBAI A Dubai man has become an overnight celebrity after a Facebook recollection of a three-year-old gesture he made in his hometown in Kerala has gone viral. Technical sales engineer Akhilesh Kumar, 25, said he never imagined that an old post would make such a huge impact on its new rounds.
According to the January 6 post, the techie was visiting his native place in Malappuram for a conference when he stopped by a small restaurant. But just when his dinner order arrived, he noticed two pairs of eyes fixed on his plate from outside the restaurant window. Kumar said he invited the two youth – a
ragpicker boy and his sister - to join him and ordered parathas (Indian bread) and chicken curry for them.
The duo gladly agreed, had their meal and left without saying a word. An overwhelmed Kumar said he received another surprise that evening when he asked for the bill. The slip he was given did not have any amount on it. Instead there was message which read: “We don’t have a machine to bill humanity. May good happen to you!”
He said the post was shared by a group called Right Thinkers and ever since had gone viral, with many versions of the story floating around. The telephone number on the bill had led many to trace it to Hotel Sabrina in Malappuram district of Kerala. But Kumar said, “Honestly, I don’t even remember which hotel I visited. It was a very small place and I even forgot to ask the name of the person at the bill counter. I had just thanked him and left on that day.”
