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.