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Pata hai aaj kya hua

So on the way back home from the market, I took an auto rickshaw, and the driver turned out to be one of the mostttt extroverted and talkative happiest people I’ve met in a long time.

He kept casually talking about his life the whole time. About how hot it is these days, so sometimes he and his friends just walk into random malls AC mai hawa lene k liye . About how his mornings start at 5 a.m. with a big glass of lassi.

But the cutest part was the way he talked about his wife.

“Hum subha ghar se 9 baje nikal jate hai aur humari madam bhains ka kaam sambhalti hai… kabhi kin kin nahi karti vo. Badhiya khana banati hai humare liye aur fir raat mai daant ti hai ki itna late kaise ho gaye. Madam hai, jo bhi keh de sun lete hai hum toh… humse zyada mehnat karti hai vo toh gussa hone dete hai. Hum mana lete hai aur maan jayengi. Ladhayi se na vo khush rahengi na hum.”

Fir bolte hai “Jab hum kaam pe nahi jate toh hum lassi banate hai madam ke liye subha subha… unke sath hum bhi kaam karwa lete hai.”

The entire time, he had the brightest smile on his face and this sparkle in his eyes whenever he mentioned his family.

Then he started talking about his three kids waiting for their papa to come home, while he joked that half the time he’s out having fun with his friends in malls instead of working.

And then he said, “Hum mehnat karte hai toh khate bhi hai… ghee, doodh, dahi mai kami nahi karte. Mehnat se dar nahi lagta. Bas bacche aur madam khush hai toh hum khush ho jate hai unhe khush dekh kar”

Wow

That man was so deeply in love with his family, so satisfied with his life, and so full of peace. Maybe that really is the whole point of life after all to have people to love, food on the table, and a home you’re happy returning to.

He may not have had luxury in the way most people define it, but somehow he still felt richer than most of us.