“I have worked as an farmer almost all my life as agriculture is the profession of my family. But 10 years ago the land owner hired new people for his farms and I was left with nothing else to do. I then moved to Rawalpindi from Sargodha and bought this swing.

Ten years back, it was quite a popular and successful business but today children are not interested in such swings. They prefer mobile phones and computers. Though it is hard for me to earn three times meal a day but I have no regrets. Its a hard life, but it is good enough. Sometimes I feel that my own life is like this swing; swaying from one end to another.”

Published in Dawn, August 1st, 2015

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