When we feel lost in the midst of the noisy honks on bustling streets and get blinded by the white street lights shining through the smoke screens of the cosmopolitan experience, it is the reassuring coaxes of the elderly wisdom that grounds us all in ultimate comfort.
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Twitter User Asks Elderly Street Vendor Why He Still Works
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Aaraynsh, a writer and Twitter blue-tick owner, recently shared a heartwarming anecdote of his conversation with an elderly street vendor on the side of a busy road in Udaipur. He recalls that the weather on the day had been especially bothersome.
It was raining. The pitter-patter of droplets on his car window greeted him and it was still raining down when he parked his car beside a traffic signal near the court circle in the Rajasthani city. The moist presence of rain had enticed an urgent need for some street food in him when he noticed an elderly street vendor selling samosas and poha by the road.
Everybody knew that the perfect answer to all desi cravings during monsoon was a bite of hot freshly fried samosas. Giving into his need for some refreshment, Aaraynsh placed an order. While he waited for the old man to pack his order, he decided to feed his curiosity before he fed his stomach.
He asked the elderly vendor why he was still working as a street seller even with age apparent in his demeanour. Aaraynsh was right. The average Indian considered retiring from their jobs by the age of 60 and if situations did not favour you, then maybe 65 but rarely any 70-year-olds were still active in the country’s workforce.
The Elderly Samosa Vendor’s Outlook On Work Enlightened The Internet
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Although the curious Twitter user had not confirmed the vendor’s age, he was sure the samosa master was well above the age of grinding and selling street food on roads. However, Aaraynsh surely wouldn’t have expected the older man’s answer to enlighten him and completely switch up his perception of work.
The wise samosa seller said it was not need that drove his decision to work, but the gaping hole in its absence that compelled him to continue coming to the street and frying samosas every day. He said “Beta, main ab is umra mein paise ke liye kaam nahi karta. Main apne dil ko khush rakhne ke liye kaam karta hun.”
The man added, “Ghar par akela baithne se yahan baithna behtar hai. Jab main chaar logon ke khush chehre dekhta hun, jo mere khane ka swaad lete hain, to mera dil khushi se bhar jata hai.”
It was raining heavily when I parked my car beside a traffic signal near court circle udaipur, where I saw an old uncle selling hot samosa and poha. I placed an order and curiously asked him why he didn’t take a rest today, considering his age. He told me something that… pic.twitter.com/CCIutZv23Z
— Aaraynsh (@aaraynsh) July 25, 2023
In a day and time when cribbing about work has somehow become casual conversational fodder, the old man’s outlook on work was enlightening.
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