This Essay Is Based on a Short Story Called "The Edge" by R.K.Narayan

Ranga was a product of his environment; being born into poverty he never really had a chance to be successful. He stayed in an abandoned building called Krishna's Hall while he worked at his knife sharpening business. He was a hard worker and did his best to bring home enough rupee's to maintain a living for his daughter and rather 'difficult' wife. He sharpened knives, scythes, clippers, and more with a portable grinding apparatus he made out of an old cycle wheel connected to a foot pedal. …