An award-winning human rights reporter has become the godfather to the son of an autorickshaw driver whom he happened to meet in India in 2021.
Joe Wallen is a UK journalist covering South Asia who shared the story of a ‘beautiful & unexpected friendship’ on Twitter on Sunday and received a lot of love from the netizens.
In his tweet, Wallen recalled their first meeting, “I got in a random rickshaw at Jio World. It was the start of the most beautiful & unexpected friendship - Shaan has driven me every day since.”
“Today, his wife gave birth to a son. He’s called the baby Yusuf - the Urdu for Joseph - and, asked me to be godfather,” he added.
Wallen also shared a photo of Shaan and the newborn baby. He also mentioned that Shaan’s wife had complications with her pregnancy and that she is from a small village in remote Uttar Pradesh.
He thanked his followers for providing Shaan’s wife with medical treatment.
The story touched the hearts of a lot of people and the users called the friendship ‘wonderful’, ‘fantastic’, and ‘extraordinary’.
After people demanded to know more about the story, Wallen on Tuesday updated that he has written a longer piece on their friendship.
Published 20 December 2022, 11:08 IST