From living a more minimalistic life to choosing a struggling fashion student over a hit-shot designer, Vir Das has surprising ways of inspiring us. The sometimes controversial standup comic has a good heart, or so he has proved many a time. And this is probably because he has faced tremendous struggle in the past, about which he opened up recently.
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Taking to Instagram, Vir Das revealed how life was for him back in 2002 in the US. From financial issues, missing out on rent, working three jobs and trying to just survive in Chicago, he posted a heartwrenching account of his past experience.
“My lowest point might have been Chicago in 2002. No insurance, late on rent, about to get evicted, credit card collection agents calling and threatening you daily, crying outside an ATM at 2 AM with 8$ in my account. ATM lets you draw only 20. Three jobs, one unpaid internship, one paid in cash and always late, and one on commissions which I never made because I was a brown dude selling knives door to door the year after 9/11.”
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He went on to add:
“I was a horrid flatmate. I distinctly remember using my flatmate’s shampoo and then filling water in it so they wouldn’t notice, doing the same thing with their orange juice. Some nights when the theatre company I worked at closed, I would use the building code and sneak back into the office to sleep where it was warm and the entire office was kind enough to pretend they hadn’t seen me do it on CCTV.”
Have a look at his post here:
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After reading about his struggle, several people online, including Hrithik Roshan, showered their support on him.
Look how far you’ve come, Vir! 🙂