well a amol and me were waiting for surjeet outside his house.
knowing surjeet we knew he ws going to take his own sweet time...
beside us was a kulfiwala (not the guy who has his hand cart) but the guy who carries kulfies in a bucket full of ice,and walks along the street shouting kulfi..yo.
so we took 2 kulfies 5 Rs a piece
well we had nothing to do so we struck a conversation with the kulfiwala
well what he said was really facinating
we asked him abt how many kulfis he carries per day
and he gave us the details
7rs kulfi around 10 to 15 sticks
5rs kulfi around 30 to 40 sticks
3rs kulfi around 100 to 120 sticks
he tolds us abt his daily routine too
he gets up in the ealy morning around at 5:30 goes to the tabela and gets milk
then he starts preparing the kulfi with ingriedients
then he makes the sticks for the kulfi
then he freezes the kulfi
in the evening 4 he starts his daily rounds around the streets cloe to his house selling it
he does this till 12 in the night then goes home cleans all the kulfi cones and then has his dinner and calls it a day
he also tolds us abt his profit which wasnt much and said that a few years before was much better than now
he told us abt his family which consisted abt his mother a sister and his wife and a few other relatives who stayed with him
he said he stayed in the slum rehabitalation buildings built by the goverment.
well told us abt his native place which is close to pune . and how he and his family visits it once in a year in december for Datta jayanti
he said his age was 26 years running,he has been selling kulfis for the pas 19 years
and he is a 12 th (H.S.C) pass with 68%...
well talking to SITARAM, didnt i tell you what his name was,
he said people called him RAJU .....
well i think even with all the hardships he faces on day to day bases he tries to be happy in the goal to earn more and maybe fullfil those dreams he has
well it was an real nice experince knowing abt him... i hope i could meet him and have another kulfi from him
by the way the kulfi was really good
till then
with a very kulfi experince
2 comments:
Wonder if we'll meet him again..
Btw.. u did notice how he mentioned "net profit" and "27 running" rite?
Mumbai feeds one and all...
I must say, these Kulfi wala's make awesome kulfi... U feel like going on and on...
And after hearing their hardships,u feel even more...
People these days feel it cheap to stand by the roadside and hog on these yummy sticks,thanks to the ice cream parlours... But,I rather love to enjoy the former by the roadside of "AMCHI MUMBAI"...
ENJOy...
-JC
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