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I come from a village in Bihar where I worked as a Mason. My wife and three children live in the village. We don’t own land. In the village, I did not get masonry work regularly. The income that I earned was not enough for our family. After I reached this city;I bought an old cycle rickshaw and paid for it in installments. This was many years ago.Icome to the bus stop every morning and take the customers wherever they want to go. I work till 8.30 in the evening. I take rides of up to 6 kilometers in the surrounding area. Each customer gives me Rs.5-10 per trip depending on the distance. When I'm ill I can't do this work, so on those days I don't earn anything. I stay with my friends in a rented room. They work in a nearby factory. I earn between Rs.80-100 every day,out of which I spend Rs.50-60 on food and rent. The rest I save for my family. I visit my village two or three times a year to see my family. Though my family survives on the money I spend,my wife also earns from agricultural work that she gets once in a while.