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Happier than many

Bhaiyya, till what time do you run the auto-rickshaw? Till 4 AM in the morning. How much do you make out of it per day? 1500-2000 per day by this, but I also have my fruit store that I run in the morning. In total I make around 3000 per day. You must have guessed it by now. Its a friendly conversation with an auto-rickshaw driver. My friends were astonished to know he make more than us in a month but I pitied him for working so hard to compete with us in the race. Everyone works hard for a pinch of money and few people work even harder. How can he, being an auto-rickshaw driver and a fruit seller, earn more than a software engineer? Why does this question even arise? Doesn't he deserve to earn more money if he is scratching his ass much more than we do? Bhaiyya, how long have you been in military? It has been more than 15 years. You must be proud of being able to serve the country. How much do you make? Serving  the country is the only motivat...