My daily life starts with waking up at the crack of dawn. My house is in Chandrapur Municipality-5, Chidiadah of Rautahat. Now I am 45 years old. I sell pakodas by keeping a cart near Tempo Park on the east side of Chandranigahpur Chowk in Rautahat. Although my name is Urmiladevi Sah, I am known here as 'Pakodawali'. I have been supporting my household for a decade by selling pakodas.

Every day I buy materials worth five hundred rupees to make pakodas. This makes a business of around seven/eight hundred in a day . My household expenses have been covered by the 2/300 earned from this. It's not always like this business. One day, it will be difficult to earn income equal to the expenses . In such an evening, to buy a kilo of rice and dal, one has to reach out to the shop for a loan or ask one's neighbors for money.

Even hearing the price of rice ranging from 80 to 100 rupees per kg makes me angry at times . When you hear the price of dal which is above 150 per kg, you are afraid. Now the price of all goods is not affordable. It is difficult to buy and eat green vegetables. 

The problem of hand washing always bothers me . However, I save money every day by saving expenses from many sources. I bought new clothes for my family last Chhath with the money I got from breaking this khutruka. Five thousand were spent on clothes. Now all the members will wear new clothes only in the next Chhat .

If the municipality had been generous to do business on the side of the road, there would not have been so much money for household expenses. Sometimes the base of my livelihood in the municipality is taken away. The municipality has picked up his basket twice before for doing business on the side of the road . There was a problem with the city police while removing the bag for the second time . At that time, both wheels of the cart broke. That's why now the cart is not moving well. She has not been able to save the money to repair the cart.

It's been months since I thought of buying a new cart. But it has not been completed due to lack of money. It seems like we will save up and buy a new bag. It has been a long time since I started dreaming like this. 

family has a husband, two sons, a daughter-in-law and a grandson . However, the husband and sons are unemployed . How long I will be able to cover the household expenses with my earnings alone is not yet decided. Worrying about house expenses bothers me day and night . When I am alone and there is no business, many things play in my mind . But when I hear the stories of the common people who gather at the square, the sad stories of the autorickshaw and tempo drivers, I feel that my sorrow is nothing. I will express my heart by looking at this . 

My sorrow knows no bounds . There are many references. A week ago, I fell ill myself . But I didn't have money to go to the nearest medical center and buy medicine. So I bought Cetamol and medicine worth 50 rupees on loan by taking it on an empty stomach in the morning. After several days of recovery, I paid off the loan .