While the guardians of our democratic rights continue to grab headlines with their ongoing arguments on who is poor (enough) and who is not... who will benefit from the sops - where they should spend the tax payer's money....
.... here is an inspiring story of a person clearly APL :-)
Many of you will connect with a monthly allowance (pocket money) of Rs 25/- or a princely 'stipend' of Rs. 800 p.m. on their first prestigious jobs
Not many would guess the monthly earnings of Raghunath in his humble and quiet existence outside a barely noticeable "hole in the wall" shop
I observed him for a few days, took some photos from afar first, then having established that he wasn't a mean/ drunk/ abusive or depressed sort of person, I went up to talk to him and take his permission for a few close-ups
Soft spoken, shy and simple Raghunath hails from Paushi in Ratnagiri; he has been operating this "paan-supari-beedi-gutka' shop for 25 years. He is grateful to the seth who let him build this window in the compound wall of an industrial unit
His daily collection or 'galla' on a good day is anywhere between 1200-1500/- of this he estimates his profit is a clear 400-500/- per day... that's a clear 10-12000/- p.m. not counting weekends or his poor maths!!
He is the only earning member of a 4 member family, looks after his parents and wife, has no kids, pays Rs. 2000/- rent for his kholi, buys and sells against cash, has no overheads
Isn't that an exciting contrast to the gajra seller, who is hanging between APL and BPL?!
.... here is an inspiring story of a person clearly APL :-)
Many of you will connect with a monthly allowance (pocket money) of Rs 25/- or a princely 'stipend' of Rs. 800 p.m. on their first prestigious jobs
Not many would guess the monthly earnings of Raghunath in his humble and quiet existence outside a barely noticeable "hole in the wall" shop
I observed him for a few days, took some photos from afar first, then having established that he wasn't a mean/ drunk/ abusive or depressed sort of person, I went up to talk to him and take his permission for a few close-ups
Soft spoken, shy and simple Raghunath hails from Paushi in Ratnagiri; he has been operating this "paan-supari-beedi-gutka' shop for 25 years. He is grateful to the seth who let him build this window in the compound wall of an industrial unit
His daily collection or 'galla' on a good day is anywhere between 1200-1500/- of this he estimates his profit is a clear 400-500/- per day... that's a clear 10-12000/- p.m. not counting weekends or his poor maths!!
He is the only earning member of a 4 member family, looks after his parents and wife, has no kids, pays Rs. 2000/- rent for his kholi, buys and sells against cash, has no overheads
Isn't that an exciting contrast to the gajra seller, who is hanging between APL and BPL?!
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