Meet The Vada Pav Girl


Chandrika
Dixit

aka
the

Vada
Pav

girl
from
Delhi
is
one
of
the
contestants
on

Bigg
Boss
OTT
3

and
we
aren’t
surprised
at
all,
courtesy
how
viral
she’s
been
on
social
media.

Just
who
is
this

vada
pav

girl?


Namrata
Thakker

takes
a
closer
look
at
her
through
her
Instagram
feed.


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Chandrika
Gera/Instagram

Hailing
from
Indore,
Chandrika
rose
to
fame
after
she
started
a

vada
pav

stall
in
Delhi’s
Sainik
Vihar
area.


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Chandrika
Gera/Instagram

But
Ms
Dixit
didn’t
go
viral
on
social
media
until
she
was
featured
in
a
food
vlog
by
Youtuber
Amit
Jindal.


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Chandrika
Gera/Instagram

Once
the
vlog
went
viral,
Chandrika
became
popular
overnight
and
her

vada
pav

business
skyrocketed.


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Chandrika
Gera/Instagram

Chandrika
with
another
social
media
star,
Sunil
Patil
aka
Dolly
Chaiwala.


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Chandrika
Gera/Instagram

Despite
being
well
known,
Chandrika
has
faced
challenges
in
running
her

vada
pav

stall
as
she
was
often
harassed
for
bribes
by
municipal
staff,
a
common
problem
faced
by
street
vendors
in
India.

She
was
even
arrested
by
the
police
when
she
tried
to
organise
a

Bhandara

on
the
occasion
of
her
son’s
birthday.


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Chandrika
Gera/Instagram

Before
turning
entrepreneur,
Chandrika
worked
at
Haldiram’s
for
four
years
but
quit
her
job
when
her
son
fell
ill.


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Chandrika
Gera/Instagram

Chandrika’s
date
night
with
hubby
Yugam
Gera.

Before
entering
the

Bigg
Boss

house,
Chandrika
revealed
she
earns
Rs
40,000
per
day
through
her

vada
pav

stall,
thanks
to
her
social
media
fame.


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Chandrika
Gera/Instagram

Here’s
Chandrika
with
Punjabi
singer
and
philanthropist
Amandeep
Singh
with
whom
she
has
a
done
a
music
video
titled

Darji
.


Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Chandrika
Gera/Instagram

Seeking
blessings
with
her
family
at
the
Shri
Narsingh
Hanuman
Mandir
at
Chandni
Chowk.