Reetu Salathia (44) took up on-line gaming in the course of the Covid interval in 2020 after being launched to the digital world by her son. Now, the Jammu-based homemaker earns Rs 1.50 lakh a yr streaming video games on-line, carving out for herself an unbiased supply of earnings.

Known as ”Blackbird” within the gaming neighborhood, Salathia boasts near 4 lakh followers on Rooter, a gaming platform. While she has been obsessed with video video games from her childhood, she has now taken gaming critically and appears at it as a way to be unbiased.

”I’m not extremely educated. I’ve handed Class 12. I liked gaming. From the start, I wished to earn for myself. When my son informed (taught) me about livestreaming (of video games), I began to do it. I’m additionally incomes for myself,” she informed PTI.

Looking at her ardour, the Salathias devoted one room within the household dwelling in Jammu’s Netrikoti space for her gaming actions. Having began with ”Candy Crush”, Salathia slowly progressed to ”Battlegrounds Mobile India”. She tries every person the video games that her companions insist on taking part in.

”I began with ‘Candy Crush’. Then I began on-line gaming… Slowly and steadily, I learnt it by repeatedly taking part in the video games. I can play any recreation,” she stated.

While Salathia is thought by her ”Blackbird” deal with within the gaming neighborhood, her companions — most of whom are youngsters — name her ”Muma”.

”The largest praise for me was that youngsters requested me whether or not they may name me ‘mom’. It was an emotional second for me,” she stated.

Salathia, who has since launched her gaming channel on YouTube, stated her household supported her all through.

”The response of my household was very constructive. I’m very comfortable to play with children,” she stated.

Her son Gaurav Singh stated, ”We by no means thought she would get such love from the folks.” Balancing all her work, Salathia finds time to play three to 4 hours on daily basis and earns greater than Rs 1.50 lakh per yr. ”She manages it completely. She dedicates time at dwelling, to the canine and the household and in addition to the sport. She manages it completely,” stated Divyanshi, a relative of Salathia.

Her husband Ajeet Singh Salathia stated they absolutely assist her ardour for gaming. ”Gaurav was taking part in first. He taught her. She left him behind by having almost 4 lakh followers,” he stated.

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