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When was the last time you hailed a cobbler with relief as your slipper broke in the middle of the street on a busy day? They stitch, glue and polish our damaged foot wear and make it good as new.The Expert Series on COVID-19 - Download PDFReturn to frontpageHumans of Coimbatore
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LIFE & STYLEHumans of Coimbatore
Susan Joe Philip
JANUARY 30, 2018 15:35 IST
UPDATED: JANUARY 31, 2018 18:13 IST
MetroPlus writes on the Humans of Coimbatore who are part and parcel of our lives and are yet invisible to us like the roadside cobblers
When was the last time you hailed a cobbler with relief as your slipper broke in the middle of the street on a busy day? They stitch, glue and polish our damaged foot wear and make it good as new.
Siva V (47), is the third generation in his family to be a cobbler. “My father repaired shoes near Bharathiyar Road. After class X, I worked as a helper in a lorry for a few years and later joined my father. I picked up the skill with his guidance.” Siva sits under a tarpaulin sheet, before one of the gates of Coimbatore Central Jail. “I shifted to this location after my father’s death 10 years ago.”
Siva replaces old soles of shoes, stitches broken straps, repairs buckles and polishes leather. “I buy materials once in two days from the local market. I spend around ₹100 to ₹500 doing that.” He works from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm everyday and charges ₹20 for repairing a broken strap and ₹200 to re-sole a pair of shoes. He says he is left with little money to save after his family expenses. “There are times I feel I should not have chosen this path. There is no respect for people in this profession. But it is too late now. I am not complaining.” His dream is to start a small store and sell shoes. “I hope the government helps me with it,” he says.
K.Subramaniam
K.Subramaniam | Photo Credit: Susan Joe Philip
K Subramaniam (55) worked as a daily-wage labourer before becoming a cobbler around 35 years ago. “The wages I got then was not enough. I joined my father and it took me five years to master the work. I married off my two sisters with what I earned as a cobbler.” Subramaniam says that the most important thing is to find the right tools. “They are not easy to find and I have been collecting them for the past 30 years.” His regular customers are policemen. “There are days when there is no customer and times when a number of them turn up. It is very unpredictable.” Most of the days he works from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. “I educated both my kids with with my savings. My elder son is now working in a private firm. I feel proud.”
Ganesh P
Ganesh P | Photo Credit: Susan Joe Philip
Ganesh P (47) has been a cobbler for 40 years in Kamarajapuram. He has a small stall where he repairs shoes. He is uneducated and was seven years old when he started. “There was a cobbler who made shoes in my neighbourhood. I used to take him tea. With time, I learnt to repair shoes. I was paid ₹15 a day initially. Those days were different. There were lots of customers and better money. People came to us if a strap was broken. Now they just buy another pair.”
Ganesh used to make leather sandals. “I stopped it as nobody buys them any more. What I make will not sell when there are mass-produced machine-made sandals. Human hands cannot attain the finish of those. Even my own son will not wear what I make.” Ganesh worked as a watchman in a private firm for three months in between. “There was a time when there was no business at all. So I worked as a watchman at night and was a cobbler by day. I had to stop that as I was working 24 hours a day and it affected my health.”
He works from 9.00 am to 7.00 pm. He is now planning to quit being a cobbler to be a watchman. “There is not enough money to meet the needs of my family. Life is hard. I have got no other option.”
Arumugam B
Arumugam B | Photo Credit: Susan Joe Philip
B Arumugam (55) from Annur moved to the city 30 years ago to join his relatives who worked as cobblers. “I was working for daily wages in my village. I came here looking for better prospects. My father was also a cobbler, but I never practised it till I moved to the city.” He now sells and repairs shoes in Gandhipuram. “I can’t sustain my family with what I earn only from repairing shoes. So I buy shoes from the local market and sell it for ₹300. ”
Arumugam says that he has changed locations over the years, as demanded by the authorities. “For almost 10 years, I sat near the railway station. Then I moved to Bharathiyar Road. I was there for 15 years. It has been around five years since I moved to Gandhipuram. If the government can allot us a permanent place to work, it will be of great help.” He lives in a rented house with his wife. “I wish to build a house for my family. But with what I get everyday, I am not sure.”
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