A day in the life of a 'Chanay wala'

 

Meet Habib Khan, The Chanay Wala. 

His typical day begins early as he wakes up to offer namaz-e-fajr. He prays for an easy and successful day, only a few days are easy and successful. He has breakfast with his family a wife, a young son and a daughter. He sets off to sell chanay, he had prepared his supplies the previous day. Each day he pushes his cart about 10 km, but it no longer tires him he is used to this routine. Usually his cart is placed in front of colleges to get customers faster. All day he will switch the location of his cart 2 or 3 times. He never forgets to take some time out to pray. He spends sometime with his friends in the market, where he buys supplies for his next day. He returns home when it gets dark, tired from the days work. He has a dinner with his family and enjoys the stories of his son and daughter from school. As he prepares to sleep he prays for an easy day ahead.

Earnings from his work are low and each day is a challenge to make ends meet, but Habib Khan never forgets to smile.