Indore: ‘PhD’ Vegetable seller’s protest in English goes viral

Team Udayavani, Jul 24, 2020, 9:08 AM IST

A woman Vegetable seller, who was upset with the repeated lockdowns due to Covid-19, expressed her displeasure in fluent English in Indore.

The woman identified herself as Raeesa Ansari and said that she was a former research scholar of Devi Ahilya University, Indore

The video, which went viral on social media on Wednesday, showed the woman, who has a shop at Malwa Mill area in the city, complaining about the lockdown

In the video, she said, “ At times, one side of the market is closed and on others, the second one is shut by the administration and there are hardly any buyers. What we are supposed to feed our families. I am selling fruits and vegetables here. People standing here are my family and friends. There are more than 20 members in the family. How will they survive? How they will earn?”

When asked why didn’t she opt for a  better job, she said, “ The first question is who will give  job to me. The perception that coronavirus is being generated from Muslims has become common now. Because my name is Raeesa Ansari, no college or research institution is willing to give me a job”

In Indore a vegetable vendor Raisa Ansari protested against the municipal authorities when they came to remove the handcarts of vegetables.The woman later claimed that she has done Phd in Materials Science from DAVV Indore. @ndtvindia @ndtv @GargiRawat #lockdown #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/RieGffTMyP

— Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) July 23, 2020

She claimed that she has done Master of Science in Physics and completed PhD in Material Science from Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya in the year 2011.