ROLE MODEL FOR AN HONEST LIVING -52

I have often seen this man whom i later came to know as  Irudayaraj , pushing his wheeled tailoring machine with a walking stick in one hand .  His eyesight , a very key ingredient to his profession was also not that good .

In these days of Readymade Garments , these poor Tailors who were plying their trade in almost every street are now a rare sight . It was a pity and a lesson at the same time to see Irudayaraj with all his deformity and advancing age making an honest attempt to get on with the trade he knows best and lead a happy and contended  life .

Over the years , i have had clothes stacked in the cupboard in various stages of repair .
I decided to  ask Irudayaraj for his Servises .
It made us both happy , me more so because i could offer him work and  also because the used glasses which i handed over  seemed to improve his vision a lot .
I have taken it upon myself to get his eyes properly checked and get him the correct glasses .

The COBBLERS,TAILORS,BOOK BINDERS,IRON MAN,CYCLE REPAIR MAN, STREET END ANNACHI KADAI, EARLY MORNIG MILKMAN , HOME SERVICE HAIR DRESSERS , VEGETABLE  SELLERS , MORNING KEERAI PAATY so on ànd so forth are slowly but surely becomming a vanishing tribe . Our own children have not seen many of these folks .

Future Generations will decide if this was indeed DEVELOPMENT .

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