Calcutta Kiosk Owner in Moscow

I have bought chewing gum from him at his very small kiosk stand near a Moscow metro for the past 11 months, but only recently asked him about himself. He said his name is Habib and came to Russia more than a decade ago from Calcutta, India to study medicine… following the steps of one of his relatives, who studied medicine in Russia during Soviet times. Habib got his medical degree and would have returned to Calcutta he says …. had he not fallen in love with another med student from Russia. He says he works at a hospital in addition to working at the kiosk.