When he was born, neighbours in the village suggested that his parents smother him.
It was better than the pain they would have to go through their lifetime, some said.
He is a "useless" baby without eyes… being born blind is a sin, others added.
Twenty-three years later, Srikanth Bolla (pictured left) is standing tall living by his conviction that if the "world looks at me and says, 'Srikanth, you can do nothing,' I look back at the world and say 'I can do anything'."
Srikanth is the CEO of Hyderabad-based Bollant Industries, an organisation that employs uneducated disabled employees to manufacture eco-friendly, disposable consumer packaging solutions, which is worth Rs 50 crores.
He considers himself the luckiest man alive, not because he is now a millionaire, but because his uneducated parents, who earned Rs 20,000 a year, did not heed any of the 'advice' they received and raised him with love and affection.
"They are the richest people I know," says Srikanth.
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It was better than the pain they would have to go through their lifetime, some said.
He is a "useless" baby without eyes… being born blind is a sin, others added.
Twenty-three years later, Srikanth Bolla (pictured left) is standing tall living by his conviction that if the "world looks at me and says, 'Srikanth, you can do nothing,' I look back at the world and say 'I can do anything'."
Srikanth is the CEO of Hyderabad-based Bollant Industries, an organisation that employs uneducated disabled employees to manufacture eco-friendly, disposable consumer packaging solutions, which is worth Rs 50 crores.
He considers himself the luckiest man alive, not because he is now a millionaire, but because his uneducated parents, who earned Rs 20,000 a year, did not heed any of the 'advice' they received and raised him with love and affection.
"They are the richest people I know," says Srikanth.
The blind CEO who built a 50 crore company - Rediff.com Get Ahead
