The Perpetual cycle of suffering.

Life has always been miserable for me more or less. I was born in a poor family and inherited nothing but poverty from my family. However, I have realised the truth and accepted my fate. Having said that, I often regret about the fact that I could not offer a better life to my children.

I do not like to focus on the dark side of life in general but in last few years things are changing rapidly and going way beyond of my comprehension. Suddenly things are going mad it feels.

Forget about everything, look at the price of the essentials. The amount of money I earn, it is impossible to support my family with that. Let alone something fancy, the prices of rice and lentils are touching the sky! I feel so left behind sometimes when I compare the prices now and then. The income hardly increased whereas the prices are hiking every single day.

Nowadays, I do not feel well. My body does not allow me to do heavy work. I have been doing intense labour for almost 40 years and now I can not push myself any further. Therefore, I work less hours and get less paid which is a serious issue since I am the only earning member in my family.

Sometimes, I sit idle and quite staring at the tea-gardens. I try to blank my mind and refrain myself from thinking anything, but it never works. All I have is evil thoughts and despair.

All my life has been spent on the same locality and barely moved out as I have made this my world.I do not know about other places, however, I presume, working class people around the world are suffering because no one talks about rights, our condition and our harsh reality.

End of the day, I just pray to God to give me strength and courage to deal with problems and I can spend my last days of life in peace.

I reckon, I deserve this, even just a bit of it maybe.

Fabled and Photographed by Shubhro Sinha.