KULDEEP SINGH
JAMMU: Irrespective of the stride of day, the newspaper hawkers in the vicinity ensure that news, information and entertainment inscribed on white broadsheets should invariably be pedaled to the doorsteps of readers. The profession of pedaling newspapers on bicycles to subscribers’ places is omnipresent and Jammu also has a battery of newspaper hawkers who endeavour hard to make certain that newspapers reach their destinations daily before the break of the day.
Although, the job of distributing newspapers is cumbersome and requires strong determination, there are many hawkers associated with the profession who have crossed their youth and are in second innings of life but their zest to deliver continues as ever.
It is the time when most of the residents of this Temple City are enjoying deep sleep in their cozy couches, the daily chores of newspaper hawkers of Jammu actually starts. They begin their jobs during the wee hours daily with fetching of newspaper from news agencies for distributing at the doorsteps of Jammuites. The responsibility on the shoulders of these hawkers is beyond explanation as they have to accomplish this job everyday despite inclement weather, local, political or social disturbances, strikes, etc. The opportunity to go through the headlines of newspapers sub-consciously enhances their knowledge about the happenings and their consequences. They rely on bundles of printed papers to earn their livelihood. They spend their mornings pedaling bicycles to distribute newspapers. The tagline is show must go on.
