Goa, June 22 -- JENIFER FERNANDES

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ALDONA: In a quiet corner of Aldona, 67-year-old Rohidas Mandrekar continues to spin the wheels of his humble yet dignified legacy - repairing bicycles and performing basic two-wheeler maintenance. What began in the early 1980s as a simple job to help his family survive has today become a lifetime of purpose, perseverance, and pride in traditional work.

Rohidas's journey started in 1983 with just a handful of rented bicycles and a keen eye for cycle repair. "It was a humble beginning," he recalls. "But every broken chain, every flat tyre taught me something." Slowly and steadily, he sharpened his skills and saved enough to set up a proper cycle repair shop - a place where, even to...