The Rishikesh Project: Of inner peace through rhythmic beats

Here, we come to third Half-Story of Tata Capital’s Do Right initiative. This particular story of a carpenter turned instrumentalist was of discovering one’s true calling; a story of finding inner peace through rhythmic drones and beats. The Tata Capital team spotted Mukesh Dhiman’s story – a carpenter who learnt the art of making a didgeridoo – a traditional Australian aboriginal wind instrument, from an Australian tourist – in the spiritual town of Rishikesh. [caption id=“attachment_131628” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Didgeridoos are traditional Australian aboriginal wind instruments. Mukesh Dhiman learnt the art of creating them from an Australian tourist in Rishikesh.[/caption] They discovered that this family of four would take eight days to craft a single instrument, where they earned less than Rs 100 per head per day. Despite the meager earnings, Dhiman never gave up making didgeridoos; replacing it with his existing line of work to follow his dreams, purely out of passion. You, the Do Righters have successfully completed this half-story by contributing a total of Rs 9000; enough to buy this family a set of new tools; a small token for which Mukesh Dhiman and his family is now ever grateful. Now, armed with a new set of electric tools– instruments for cutting and polishing –the time taken to craft one didgeridoo will drastically come down, from over eight days to just one day. [caption id=“attachment_131628” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  With Do Righters contributing a total of Rs.9000, Dhiman can finish creating one Didgeridoo in a single day.[/caption] The video above tells their unique story and shows them thanking the Do Righters for their contribution in making their lives happier. You can read his detailed story here. To know more about Tata Capital’s Half-Stories, click here. Half-Stories, a part of the Do Right campaign, can be accessed on Facebook and Twitter for live updates.