Peter the CRYSTAL Man
Branded as lazy, dull, naughty, good-for-nothing, he managed to cross the HSLC hurdle with a third division. Seeing the result, he was told by our father, “Now, you can take care of cows and bulls. Whatever little you’ve learnt, teach it to them!”. But he had plans...a dream to make it big...and today he is the ‘Crystal Man’ in Mumbai: dealing with crystal decorative lights!
One of the nine children born to our parents Stella and Lt.Mr. Marian D’Silva, Peter, the twin brother of Paul moved out of the remote village Mantrady in the district of Dakshina Kannad in Karnataka and got employed as a kitchen boy in the Bishop’s House, Mangalore. More than the rich and delicious dishes, he met an encouraging friend, ‘Valley’. He pushed him to Mumbai to make his dreams a reality.
Staying with our sister Apoline and brother-in-law, Stany Noronha, Peter took up the job of a helper boy in a shop: J.P.Lightings. Lights became his bread and butter. He learnt the tricks of the trade but ventured out of his sister’s house and out of his master’s shop: to kick start his own business. Again he got two friends: Lt. Manohar and Mr. Rajesh Mendonca, who have and been playing great supporting roles in his life. As a result today he owns his own flat at Ghatkoper and runs two decorative lighting shops: Crystal & Lyton at Chembur.
Behind every success there is a hand of a woman. That lucky charm is Hilda Consessao and their two darling kids: Prinson & Prisha. If your aims and intentions are crystal-clear, then you are bound get hold of crystals in life. That’s the story of the dreamer boy: Peter!
Yes, that is true. Peter has had a tough time and I know that he had to struggle when he worked at JP Lights. Those people troubled him a lot. Those JP Lights people were not good people at all. There were times when he had to struggle to put up his own shop and people like Pravin Menezes did try to destroy his hard work. But he persevered and he has now reaped the fruits of his hard work. Keep it up, Peter and Hilda.
ReplyDeleteHe has worked very hard to reach where he is now. We used to stay in Munjal Nagar and we've seen what hard work he put in to make JP Lights a success. Most of the work was done by him but the credit was taken by someone else. Its good to see that he has his own business now while JP Lights has shut down.
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