“I have been repairing and painting cars for the last 35 years. My boss owns this shop. I began helping him right from the time I was in my school. After class three, I dropped out of school and began working here full-time. I repair, replace and paint the car parts- there is nothing I can’t do.

We open the workshop every day at 9:30 am and shut it at 7:00 pm. I don’t take any holidays. I work on all days. There has never been a time when I did not have work, but the last 11 months were tough.

I am 41 now and this work has helped me bring up my daughters and educate them in good schools. Even during the lockdown, when our shop was completely shut for more than four months, my boss took care of us and I am thankful to him. Only a few customers visit our workshop nowadays, but I will continue to work here as this has been my second home for more than 30 years. Today my family and I live in a small apartment at YSR colony which we purchased recently and that’s the most satisfying moment ever in my life.”

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