“What is earned, nothing left to eat”
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Babubazar to Demra, Demra to Babubazar. Maruf’s life revolves around this path. He is the assistant of a minibus driver. Age 12 years. At a young age, he had to fight for life to take control of the family.
Maruf was met at Jatrabari junction in the capital last Monday afternoon. He was calling a passenger going to Babubazar. When he wanted to introduce himself, at first he wanted to shy away and smile. Later, when he became normal, he said that he has been working for three months. Work starts at six in the morning, sometimes ends at ten at night, sometimes at eleven.
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Maruf’s life has not yet begun. But he had to take the burden of the world on his small shoulders. On the other hand, 60-year-old Zainal Abedin cannot stop even at the end of a long working life. He is a beggar by profession. For almost half of his life, he has been carrying goods (begging) on his head in the caravan market.
When asked where he goes after work, he gives a short answer, “I live in the car, Naikka.”
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Maruf has no father. Mother used to work in a garment factory in Dhaka. Now he lives with his mother in Barishale village. can’t work As a result, Maruf has to work to run the family. Maruf says, ‘mother and grandmother live in the village. I send all the three hundred, four hundred that I earn.
When asked how his expenses are, Maruf told about a different income. In his words, this is the ‘gate trick’. He gets the fare from the people who stand at the bus gate. The ‘Ustad’ (bus driver) does not have to be paid. Maruf said, 50, 60 a day; If your forehead is good, you can earn 100 taka some days.
Was waiting for someone’s call. He said that he lives near Karwan Bazar railway gate with his wife. Although they have two sons, their families are different. So he has to earn to cover his own expenses. Zainal Abedin was born in Mymensingh.
Zainal Abedin said, ‘The income is not more than 400-500 taka per day. House rent needs six thousand teka a month. When asked how the family is doing, the elderly man sighed. He stopped for a while and said, ‘Kiram-Iram chali kaka. Whatever is earned, there is nothing left to eat.
For some people, uncertainty begins in childhood. It remains in one’s life till old age. Others come to the end of life and suddenly fall into the cycle of uncertainty. The story of Abdul Halim of Munshiganj is like that.
A year ago, Abdul Halim, who was about 60 years old, was working in a garment factory in the capital. However, when the factory is suddenly closed, the family is in trouble. Now forced to go around drinking and selling cigarettes. He was selling drinks and cigarettes with a small bag slung over his shoulder in Karwan Bazar area on Monday afternoon. Sweaty face, tired eyes.
Talking with Abdul Halim while walking. He said, “I sent Vidyash to Poladare through a broker. I didn’t understand then. Pola was caught there and is serving six months in jail. Five lakhs have to be sent to the house without him. This situation is polar and I lost my job. A loan of five lakhs on the head.
Abdul Halim lives alone under the stairs of a building in Caravan Bazaar. In his words, spending the night somehow. He said, ‘I am in a lot of trouble. Two or three hundred teka, which is earned, I go with this. no work What else happens in this work?’
People like Maruf, Zainal Abedin or Abdul Halim mingle with thousands of people in this busy city of the capital every day. Although standing at different stages of life, their struggle is almost the same; To survive, to live somehow.
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