Man quits corporate job to drive an auto-rickshaw! Reason behind the bold choice is relatable

In India, auto-rickshaw drivers are often resilient migrants or locals from modest backgrounds, seeking daily income and independence. Many are school dropouts, displaced workers, or heirs to a family auto. Street-smart and patient, they navigate chaos carrying the city’s untold stories. An educated, fluent English-speaking auto driver still shocks- would anyone really quit a corporate job to drive one?

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From Corner Office to Auto Stand: A Journey Back to Self

For more than a decade, life looked perfect on paper for Rakesh. A corporate job, fixed hours, and weekends with family- everything society defines as success. But behind the façade lay suffocating office politics, toxic seniors, and a slow erosion of self-worth. What began as routine soon felt like a cage.

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When Walking Away Isn’t the End 

Switching companies didn’t change the story. The same pressure, the same humiliation. One day, exhausted beyond repair, resignation felt like survival. But freedom came with a price. Bills piled up, responsibilities loomed, and unemployment pushed him into depression. Bedridden for months, hope seemed distant, until books became a lifeline and learning became healing.

Strength Found in Struggle

Savings vanished. Pride took a back seat. Rakesh worked wherever dignity allowed- cleaning gym floors, delivering food- learning that honest labour carries its own quiet power. With discipline and resolve, every rupee was saved. Eventually, he bought an auto-rickshaw on EMI, choosing independence over insecurity.

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Reinventing Life, One Ride at a Time 

Between rides, he began creating fun videos. Some went viral. Passengers were surprised to see their “auto guy” speaking fluent English, often telling him he belonged in a “fancy company.” That curiosity became purpose. His story resonated, comments poured in, and he realised how many others were silently burnt out, afraid to choose themselves.

A Voice for Many

As he tells it, “I quit my corporate job to drive an auto. When people hear me speak in English, they ask, ‘Auto chalane ki kya hi majburi thi?’ I just smile and reply, ‘This is my way out of majburi.’”

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Redefining Freedom

Today, he works for himself. He earns honestly, lives peacefully, and breathes freely. Supported unwaveringly by his mother and daughter, he discovered that true success isn’t a designation- it’s the courage to reclaim your life. And that freedom, as he says, is priceless.