Urban World February 2015 | Page 15

business he replied, "Of course, profits are there because my family runs on it. I live in Dhaka city on the base of my small profits". He added saying that he has a little amount to save at the end of the month and keeps in bank saving it for the future. He said that he has planning to do a bigger business in future. Though the interview was short and that he did have to go back selling balloons, he made us realize one thing that life for him was surviving.

Survival can be of many things. Survival could be staying alive or keeping your family safe. A big city like Dhaka, we have numerous jobs to offer but is it enuogh for the rising population? Can everybody be equally happy and equally taken in the eye of employment? Have we ever thought how they live without complaining? While taking the interview of the man, we realized that the smile on his face never faded. He had accepted what he had and made peace with it. Can we ever do that?

Full interview on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeaWPOUwgrI

life around us

"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. The goal is to create some thing that will live forever"