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Although I have a permanent home in Mathagadi-4, Jhadeva, Marmara, Palpa, now I am running a meat shop in Tansen, the headquarters. Livelihood is running from the shop. Since I have wiring skills, I also do that work in my spare time. I am now 36 years old. We have been running this meat shop with wife Tika for eight years.
I haven't read much at all . My studies stopped after climbing upto 5th standard. No one inspired me to study, nor was there anyone who mourned me for dropping out. And at the age of 16, I left home and came to the capital. Worked in the furniture industry for 7 years . My heart didn't stop there after the loss of income. After that, I learned the wiring work knowing that if you don't have the skills, you will suffer. After learning the work of wiring, he has barely managed to meet his household expenses.
Today, I feel some satisfaction when I remember the sorrows of the past. A month's income ends up in house and shop rent, son's school fees and household expenses. Shop and camp rent is Rs 7,000. 15,000 to 20,000 will be spent on the house. For mothers and fathers aged 55 and 65, regular household expenses should be remitted . That money is spent on buying food at home. From here to home, you have to run the expenses . Hardly enough, when there is a little savings, it will be spent again on one or the other excuse .
Seeing the increasing price, sometimes the same anxiety increases . I am worried about how to pay when the expenses are more than the income. From shop rent to room rent, it has become expensive . The price of clothes and food has increased sharply.
I am the only son of the house . So I have a lot of responsibility on my shoulders . I barely raised the wedding expenses of two girls. I have educated my son in boarding school. Even though I have not been able to study, we have educated my son in boarding school . We (the couple) could not read . That's why we have kept him in the hostel so that his son can study well. I also do wiring work in the
shop as long as I have free time. But recently, many houses have stopped being built. It's not the same as before. If many houses were built, work would also be good. Now there is no such situation . My wife runs a butcher shop while I walk to do wiring . When both people work, the income also increases . If not, there is a lot of problem in earning a living only by selling meat. Apart from this, Mrs. Tika also does the work of loading and unloading goods of the wholesaler . There is some profit from that . This job is not like before. The huge earnings from such retail work have also helped us to meet our household expenses.
After the line of income and cost has gone down, it has become difficult for a working class person like me. I like to question who controls the price of the market . However, it seems that the leader we voted for has no meaning for the people. And how can we get happiness? .
Some months it is difficult for us to cover the household expenses. At that time, we used to ask for help from relatives and neighbors. I used to advise my wife and son to buy clothes only when I had money left over for household expenses. There is not a lot of saving if everything is combined from the parents living in the village to the house and the shop. So there is no need to do this or spend a lot.
Sometimes we (husband and wife) talk about rising prices . We also give advice on how to cover household expenses. We often talk about how to reduce expenses and develop saving habits. Expensiveness is the biggest enemy for people like us. We have our own understanding of why the price has increased. It seems that the prices have also increased as the politics has become worst. If the government only controlled the price, wouldn't it be difficult for all of us to eat?
presentation : Madhav Aryal
