A picture of milk lady Radha delivering milk, despite heavy rainfall in Chennai, has been going viral on social platforms. The picture was posted on December 2nd morning and by the afternoon; Radha had become an internet celebrity. Radha is a certified vendor with Aavin – Tamil Nadu’s state milk cooperative – and has been in the milk-delivery business for 32 years now.
She never failed to deliver milk in these 32 years. Today, Radha doesn’t need the money. It helps, but she could stop if she wanted to. Her kids will take care of her. But she won’t stop. But why did she have to deliver milk that morning? It’s not the money, and her customers wouldn’t dare admonish her for not turning up.
“So many people dependent on me, how can I not go? And so much milk would go waste if I don’t deliver it,” she quips. On the morning of December 2, Radha went to Srividhya Apartments by 6AM, with 300 packets of milk.
She had braved chest-level waters to get the milk and bring it to her customers. Just the previous night, Chennai had received 30cm rainfall. As she was returning from the apartment complex, a resident Padma Ramani clicked a picture of her, and it was posted online. The tweet has got more than 3000 re-tweets and over 2000 likes.
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