It doesn’t matter if you cannot see the world, do something that whole world sees you
Powerful words of Bhavesh Bhatia, the man who turned his blindness into his strength.
Dreamers and Ambitious people making the impossible things possible. It's great inspiration!
Despite the darkness surrounded him, he chose to venture into the business of lights and grown from a street vendor to the CEO of a multi crore company.
The world has seen a lot of successful people and the only common thing between them all was that none of them ever gave up and there was nothing, which could stop them from achieving what they were working for. The success of Bhavesh can be attributed to his determination and will power.
Images credit: Sunrise Candles
With no resources, he took a loan of Rs.15,000 under a scheme for blinds, started candle business and took it to Rs. 25 crore business.
His company Sunrise Candles manufacture more than 9000 varieties of multipurpose candles.
The most interesting part is, his company employs 200 people and all of them are blind. He has also won 109 medals in Paralympic Games.
After losing his sight completely, Bhavesh joined National Association For the Blind(NAB) and took training in candle making. He did a 4-month rehabilitation course where he was taught how to make candles for a living. At NAB, Bhavesh also took training in acupressure, braille and few other things.
Sunrise candles employs a team of 225 visually impaired people, imports wax from UK and manufacture different kinds of candle which include pillar candles, floating candles, novelty candles, gel candles, toy shaped candles, fruit basket candle and traditional candles. They have developed more than 9000 scented, plain and aromatherapy candle designs.
Mr Bhavesh attitude and visionary approach provided quality livelihood to blind people. We the people with vision (sight) can take a leaf out of this for betterment of society.
This is the exact phenomenon which says "knowing one's self ensured one's destination". Everything is possible under this sun, beyond the skill is the limit.
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