Publisher Subscriber not working

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Hi everyone,

I have been using ROS for quite a while but am suddenly stuck with a very weird problem. In a part of my code, the subscriber to a publisher is not working within the code segment. If I try to use rostopic echo, it works fine but as soon as I try running the subscriber node, not only does it give no result but also after disconnecting the subscriber node if I try to perform rostopic echo it does not work anymore. This is a very strange problem and any help would be very much appreciated. I am attaching the subscriber publisher nodes (much simplified versions)

#include <ros/ros.h>
#include <ros/callback_queue.h>
#include <visualization_msgs/Marker.h>
#include <std_msgs/String.h>
#include <sensor_msgs/LaserScan.h>
#include <nav_msgs/Odometry.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string> 
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <vector>
#include <math.h>
#include <std_msgs/MultiArrayLayout.h>
#include <std_msgs/MultiArrayDimension.h>
#include <std_msgs/Float32MultiArray.h>
#include <std_msgs/Int8.h>
#include "list_velocity_tracking.h"

#define PI 3.14159265
using namespace std;
std_msgs::Int8 lane_indicator;

void laneCallback(const std_msgs::Int8::ConstPtr& lc);

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{

    ros::init(argc, argv, "velocit_estimation_list");
    ros::NodeHandle n;
    ros::NodeHandle n1;
    pub2 = n.advertise<std_msgs::Int8>("lane_change_indicator", 5);
    int count = 0;
    lane_indicator.data = 0;

    while(ros::ok())
    {
        pub2.publish(lane_indicator);
    }
}

and the subscriber node

#include <ros/ros.h>
#include <ros/callback_queue.h>
#include <visualization_msgs/Marker.h>
#include <std_msgs/String.h>
#include <sensor_msgs/LaserScan.h>
#include <nav_msgs/Odometry.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string> 
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <vector>
#include <math.h>
#include <std_msgs/MultiArrayLayout.h>
#include <std_msgs/MultiArrayDimension.h>
#include <std_msgs/Float32MultiArray.h>
#include <std_msgs/Int8.h>
#include "list_velocity_tracking.h"

#define PI 3.14159265
using namespace std;

void laneCallback(const std_msgs::Int8::ConstPtr& lc);

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{

    ros::init(argc, argv, "velocit_estimation_list");
    ros::NodeHandle n;
    ros::NodeHandle n1;
    lane_lock = n.subscribe("lane_change_indicator", 10, laneCallback);
    int count = 0;

    while(ros::ok())
    {
        ros::spinOnce();
    }
}

void laneCallback(const std_msgs::Int8::ConstPtr& lc)
{
    cout<<"inside callback\n";
}

and yes, I have included lane_lock in the header file as a ROS subscriber. thanks a lot in advance