Anand Mahindra is one of the most loved and most-admired personalities in every nook and corner of the country. The highly-successful entrepreneur is also quite active on the micro-blogging Twitter platform.
Every now and then, the most famous businessman comes up with exciting or catchy tweets to engage with his fans and followers on social media.
From posting Monday motivation stuff to expressing his opinions, the Twitter fraternity has seen it all. At the same time, he never shies away from giving befitting or epic replies to the haters on social media.
We have repeatedly seen that Mahindra has a knack for shutting the critics with classy and bossy replies. On the other hand, he also has an incredible sense of humour, something that the netizens would love to the core.
Anand Mahindra impressed by Sailor Preethi Kongara, says he would love to meet her
In his recent post, the industrialist shared the story of 17-year-old Preethi Kongara, who is a sailor from Telangana. She made the entire nation proud with her extraordinary sailing skills on an international portal.
In a tweet, the entrepreneur said he was indeed overwhelmed to read about her and that he would ”love to meet her and go sailing.’
“This is truly a ‘Rise’ story. I’m overwhelmed reading about her. So proud of @naandi & @NanhiKali for supporting her. And of @suheim for coaching her. Maybe when Preeti has the time, I’d love to meet her and go sailing on my catamaran so she can coach me!” read the caption of the tweet.
The original post that Anand Mahindra quote-tweeted was actually shared by the CEO of Naandi Foundation Manoj Kumar. According to the tweet, Preethi came from a low-income community in Telangana. However, with proper guidance and training, she became India’s No 1 in the Olympic Mixed Double 470 Class of boat.
”This is one of the most inspiring stories I have read in recent times. What are the chances that a grade 8 girl in a government school living in a low-income community in Hyderabad who never put foot in a water body…to be Captain of India’s Sailing Team?”
Meet Preeti Kongara of Nallakunta Govt school whomTeam @naandi_india selected from Project @NanhiKali in 2016 & brought to @Suheim to teach her sailing.Today, she’s India No 1 in the Olympic Mixed Double 470 Class of boat.Sports is a poverty breaker.Please 👏