"One evening during the lockdown, while scrolling down the gallery, I only found pictures of food in my gallery as every time I went out, I would first click pictures of the food and later, when I see those pictures, I have major cravings. I decided to research about food blogging.
I created a blogging page, "thattinyfoodie", and started posting pictures. When I reached 500 followers, I started helping the helpless(Covid was at it's peak at this time). I gave homemade food outside stations, temples and under the flyover.
I used to spend hours for the page, without expecting a result. Indeed, my studies got affected and I questioned, "Is it even worth it?". Comments like, "free ka khaana khate ho", "food blogging is all about posting pictures of food" and "kitna paisa kama logi?", were quite disturbing.But, on the other hand, I was getting invitations for meet-ups, different owners were sending their food for promotion, good brands were up for collaborations and so on. My family encouraged me immensely. They said, "baat unhi ki hoti hai, jinme koi baat hoti hai".
Now, I've a family of 5700 people on my page! I'm so grateful to have people who encourage me each passing day with cute texts like, "Disha, tere posts dekh ke kya craving hota hai yaar!".
My brother and I are currently working on our NGO, with the aim to give back to the society. We will start with cleaning beaches, roads and temples. I am living my dream life and no mean comment can stop me now!" - Disha Sahani.
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