Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates is visiting India and this has created great interest among netizens. Where he goes and what he does is becoming trending news.
What has particularly caught the fancy of many is a recently shared video on Instagram where Gates is seen sipping a cup of chai made by popular social media personality, Dolly Chaiwala.
The short video opens with Gates ordering “one chai please” from Chaiwalla, who runs dolly_ki_tapri_nagpur page on Instagram. Chaiwalla is well-known not just for his tea-making style but also content creation.
Gates heaps praise on Indians in the video. “In India, you can find innovation everywhere you turn—even in the preparation of a simple cup of tea!”
“I’m excited to be back in India. Home to incredible innovators, working on new ways to save and improve lives and even make a cup of tea,” the text in the video reads.
“Looking forward to many ‘chai pe charcha’,” the video ends. The video has garnered thousands of likes and comments.
The billionaire visited Microsoft’s India Development Center (IDC) in Hyderabad this week. “History comes full circle as philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates paid a visit to the Microsoft India Development Center (IDC)…a centre of innovation he envisioned in 1998,” a company release said.
Gates also visited the Biju Adarsh Colony in the Maa Mangla Basti in Bhubaneswar along with state government officials. On his last visit, he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and YouTuber Prajakta Koli, and rode an electric scooter.
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