Man’s ₹1.5 lakh earnings from roadside food stall make woman say ‘Meri salary batane layak nahi hai’

A viral video showcasing a roadside food seller’s monthly earnings has sparked widespread conversation online about traditional job expectations versus street-side entrepreneurship. In an Instagram clip, a digital content creator visits a food stall offering popular snacks. Expecting a modest figure, she is shocked to discover the vendor earns roughly ₹1.5 lakh every month. Reacting with a mix of surprise and self-deprecating humour, she candidly admits her own salary isn’t even worth mentioning.Snippets from a video of a roadside food seller sharing about his earnings. (Instagram/@komal_raw)“Redi lgane se kya ho jayega? Jo aisa sochte h pls soch badal de ise dekh ke,” digital content creator Komal Negi wrote on Instagram. Translated, her post reads, “What will happen starting a roadside stall? If you think like this, it’s time to change your thinking process.”Also Read: Man earning ₹80,000 monthly rent refuses to sit idle, drives Uber in Delhi: ‘He works from 10am to 10pm’The video opens with Negi showing a roadside food stall where a man sells various items, including Maggi and chole-kulche. As she speaks with the seller, she learns that he earns roughly ₹1.5 lakh per month. Hearing this, Negi gives out a laugh and then adds, ‘meri salary batane layak nahi hai [my salary is not worth mentioning].”(Hindustantimes.com has reached out to Komal Negi. This report will be updated when she responds.)How did social media react?The video prompted a wave of laughter on social media, with many reacting to the clip with laughing-out-loud emoticons. An individual joked, “Will he give me a job?” Another commented, “No income tax, no rent.”A third shared, “Chain dikh rahi hai bro,” referencing a gold-coloured chain the seller is seen wearing in the video. A fourth wrote, “He’s doing hard labour. You’re not. It’s not the same comparison.”Also Read:




