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Writer Paulo Coelho Tweets 'Alchemist' Autorickshaw On Kochi Road

Paulo Coelho has tweeted a picture of an auto in which the driver has written the name of Paulo Coelho and the name of the novel 'The Alchemist'.

Sentinel Digital Desk

KERALA: An auto-rickshaw driver has recently got viral on social media after a well-known writer Paulo Coelho has tweeted the picture of the auto in which the driver has written the name of Paulo Coelho and the name of the novel 'The Alchemist'.

Soon after Coelho who is a Brazilian author posted the picture of the auto along with the driver in Twitter, has gone viral.

The Alchemist is a novel written by Paulo Coelho in 1988 was a story all about a young shepherd boy and about his journey through the pyramids of Egypt in search of love and to pursue what his heart desires.

Sources said that the auto-rickshaw belongs to a man named KA Pradeep. Pradeep has been riding the auto-rickshaw in Ernakulam for 25 years. He will come to Kochi every morning.

"Kerala, India (thank you very much for the photo)," wrote the author in the caption of his post.

Soon after the tweet, the picture received over 20,000 likes

Earlier, Luxury Brand Balenciaga has found itself as the new subject of jokes among Indian netizens after it dropped a new shopper bag on its website for a price of a whopping $2000. The price will amount to Rs. 1.5 lakhs in Indian currency. This has left the Indian netizens amused as the bag looks like a regular Indian 'thaili or 'jhola'. Netizens are now having a field day on the internet displaying their amusement at the uncanny resemblance and also at the absurdity of selling a regular carry bag for such a high price.

The bag has been called out by netizens not only in India but all over the world.

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