Pranjoy Borgoyary is a guy hailing from Northeast India who is living in Mumbai and working as a food delivery executive. He has a booming Instagram account that has over 140K followers. However, one would think that with that many followers, he gets decent brand collaborations and is able to earn a comfortable living. But that is not the case. Living in Mumbai is a challenge not everyone is willing to take.
Pranjoy lives in one room in some dingy corner of Mumbai. The room has no windows and it is suffocating. To be able to go ‘home’, he has to cross very narrow and claustrophobic lanes. He pays Rs 500 a month as rent for his room.
He then has to climb a few stairs to reach his room. Inside the room, there is a corner where he can shower and in order to use a washroom, he has to leave his room and walk for a couple of minutes to use the facilities outside.
Despite going through hardships himself, he has adopted a stray kitten because he realized that the little one wouldn’t be able to survive on the streets alone.
Pranjoy used to be a state-level footballer. He is also a talented singer and keeps posting videos of himself singing.
He shared videos on Instagram showing the room in which he lives and immense support poured in for him from across the country.
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Mumbai might be the city of dreams but this is the reality of innumerable people living there.