Young boy buys phone for family cook from his badminton tournaments’ earnings. Dinesh Karthik approves

The boy’s father took to X to share a photo of his son giving a new mobile phone to their family cook.

Young boy buys mobile phone for family cook from his earnings from badminton tournaments

Ankit has managed to earn Rs 7,000 by playing badminton in age-group weekend tournaments.

A young boy’s gesture of buying a mobile phone for a woman employed as a cook by his family and who has been taking care of him ever since he was just six months old, has won the hearts of netizens and even cricketer Dinesh Karthik reacted to it.

V Balaji, who manages Dinesh Karthik and his wife Dipika Pallikal Karthik, a professional squash player, took to X, formerly Twitter, to share a photo of his son Ankit holding a mobile phone box that he is seen gifting to their cook.

Ankit has managed to earn Rs 7,000 by playing badminton in age-group weekend tournaments, his father wrote. The boy bought their cook Saroja a mobile phone worth Rs 2,000 from the winnings.

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“Ankit has so far earned 7K by playing weekend tournaments. And today he got our Cook Saroja a mobile phone for 2K from his winnings. She has been taking care of him from when he was 6 Months. As parents @meerabalaji3107 and I can’t be more happier,” Balaji wrote.

Ankit has so far earned 7K by playing weekend tournaments. And today he got our Cook Saroja a mobile phone for 2K from his winnings. She has been taking care of him from when he was 6 Months. As parents @meerabalaji3107 and I can’t be more happier. pic.twitter.com/8tVeWdxyRh

— V. Balaji (@cricketbalaji1) December 13, 2023

“Being a good human being is the first step towards being a successful one. Kudos to Ankit for such a thoughtful gesture and making the world brighter with the joy of giving,” Karthik wrote while reposting the tweet.

Being a good human being is the first step towards being a successful one. Kudos to Ankit for such a thoughtful gesture and making the world brighter with the joy of giving.
Proud parents @cricketbalaji1 & @meerabalaji3107. 😄 https://t.co/fjI6Ou2BmC

— DK (@DineshKarthik) December 13, 2023

“What a beautiful child. Congratulations to you & Meera. You deserve to be proud,” a user commented. “The kid is going to go a long way. A big congratulations to the parents for instilling the right set of values,” said another. “So proud of the boy!! Good parenting!!” wrote a third.