Street Vending (Part-2)

                                     Street Vending (Part-2)

Interview of Dosa Wala “Anna”(Murlikrishna Swami)

·         ME: hello, sorry to disturb you but I would like to take an interview of your food stall and yours. May I?

Murlikrishna shrinivas (DOSA WALA): ok thik hai. (Again this person speaks Hindi and kannad only so I am translating interview in English)

·         Me: What is your good name?

Murlikrishna swami: Murlikrishna swami.

·         Me: ok murlikrishna shrinivas I would like to know about your hometown and your languages you know.

Murlikrishna swami: I am 47 years old I belong from Mumbai only. I born in this city so I love this city but ma village is manglore (moodbidri). I know hindi, Marathi, kannad, tullu, English thoda thoda understand hota hai.

·         Me: you look quite old so how will you survive in your older age? Will you do the same work? And before this occupation what were you doing for your stomach?

Murlikrishna swami: I had one garment’s shop but in Mumbai floods I lost everything I invested Lacs rupees on my shop’s decoration but when this flood came everything got destroy. So I started dosa stall and I don’t feel shy also because now this stall is the only source of my livelihood besides this still I am a salesman of ready-made garments like shirts, paints etc. I sell dosa-20, idli-12, utatthapa25, medu vada15. sambhar and coconut chatni .

·         Me: so you do this work alone? What about your family?

Murlikrishna swami: no this boy (boy in the picture) work with me we do this work in morning only till 1 p.m. after this time i go to do my salesman work. And marriage (he smiled) yes i am married. But I have no child after that Mumbai flood incident my wife she went to manglore she stays there. And i also go to meet her in 3-4 months.

·         Me: This is last question I would like to ask what are your income, profit and expenditure.

Murlikrishna swami: exact amount I can’t say but approx 1-2 thousands in a day or sometimes less than that depends. (He didn’t give me proper answer)

·         Me: thank you very much for giving me your precious time.

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   [2]now the last interview “Maharsathra china town” by “parimal jadhav”  i would like to go ahead with this last interview :-

·         Me: hello, would like to take an interview for 5 mins only may i? (This person is also a maharasthtrian so again I am translatin the interview converstation)

Manchurian wala: but why? Ok, but please be fast (he smiled)

·         Me: what is your good name?

Manchurian wala: my name is parimal.

·         Me: ok, parimal. So, is this the only work you do?

Parimal: yes, actually I am not litterate. I studied from marathi medium till 5 std only after that I didnt study because I was not interested in studies. Financially I don’t have any problem but I am doing this occupation because of my parents. They always forced me to do some work. My father he is a rickshaw driver in nalasopara.

·         Me: ok, have you ever faced any difficulty to holding this Thhela(stall)?

Parimal: actually, i am in shiv-sena (political party). I am a member of this political party so they helped me a lot to start this.

·         Me: oh! Thats good. Do you ever face BMC issue?

Parimal: honestly speaking I never faced such problem because I have registered my stall’s name so I never but yes, in this area many vegetables vendor and other ice-cream Thhela(stall) people they faced such problem but no can can help them, if you have any source only then you can earn in this Mayanagri. I am a member of shivsena so no can throw me out but here many north-Indians who are new in this city suffer from this problem every day.

·         Me: ok! Thank you Mr. Parimal for giving us your worthy time.

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