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| It is very rare to spot the Dhaarvala's (Knife-sharpers) of Mumbai nowadays. |
If you take a stroll around the city (not the tourist spots), you will come across people riding cycles with knives & blades in front and a spinning wheel in the middle. The wheel in the middle is used to sharpen the knives(as shown in the image). They go through every street in the city, making a peculiar sound of sharpening the blades to let people know of their arrival.
These people are the one that keep the city running in the back end. They are the cells of Mumbai city. They hardly come in the limelight, no one talks about them, they do not give quotes when budgets is discussed or economy falls, but they matter, and matter big time. In conversation with one of them today, I came to know that they earn Rs. 500 on a daily basis, which is enough to fill their stomach.
While roaming around the city, they are not only running their business, but also the kitchens of the city.
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