The Silent Cobbler

 

 

Kanaka Rao was a familiar figure at the Raikia bazar in the 1980s. He was a cobbler and used to sit under a banyan tree with his tools and shoe repairing implements. His six fingered right hand was really a boon for him as he deftly utilised it to make flip-flops out of worn-out trucks tyres. While on work he would remain taciturn. With his radio blaring out telugu songs, he would work all day long to eke out a living. Though of the lumpen stratum, he was honest. I still miss him.

                                                                                                            ( writer- Dr.Pradeep Kumar Nayak )


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