”Money is something that can be used up.”

Every day some new responsibilities keep me awake

फाल्गुन २६, २०८१

धर्मराज थारु

”Money is something that can be used up.”

Sadness also increases with age. I am already 50 years old, saying that I will be able to rest one day. However, if you are getting old with housework, don't take it easy. Every day some new responsibilities keep you awake.

I have 6 daughters. Four people happily got married because their father would be sad. The youngest of the two daughters at home is currently studying in 11th grade. He also said, "I will not study because of my father's pain", and it breaks my heart.

I am working hard so that my daughter does not have to stop studying. The younger daughter is running a shop in Bhairahawa. I have been working as a sanitation worker in Tilottama Municipality for the past 8 years. My job is to keep the streets of the municipality clean from 9 am to 4 pm. I have been given the responsibility of widening the road, uprooting weeds, picking garbage, pruning plants, watering and beautifying the road . 

Tilottama-16, East Boya lives in a 2-room terraced house with a daughter, son-in-law and grandson and does his work . There is not enough space to sleep now. I want to add a room for everyone by adding a floor . If the money runs out, there is a desire to join the farm . 18,000 rupees that I earn is not possible to fulfill my expectations . Daughters did not take dowry. However, due to having incurred a loan of 300,000 during the completion of Dhogbhet ceremony, now I am only paying interest at 13,500 a month. 

Because of the problem of back pain, money is needed from time to time for the medicine treatment of the wife . At that time, I would ask my friends for money, I would ask the supervisor of the municipality for money. The money we get is not a salary but an amount for wages . If you can do a lot of work, you can earn up to 20,000 a month. But now I feel tired while working, I want to rest .

Wife keeps saying not to leave work . However, even though I don't want to work outside the home, I have to. If this income is not there, then there is no food and interest to pay. Married daughters sometimes give some money to spend. But they didn't ask regularly. They work to support their own family. I am not able to ask my daughter who is with me to look for rent in another place. They are also having problems when their children do not have enough room.  There is no option but to act until the

. As I am a pious person, I don't spend money on fish, meat and alcohol . Sometimes when I want to eat something sweet, I bring paneer . Later, the wife has planted vegetables in a small garden near the house, which makes her living. There is a way to make peace with the poor financial status of the friends who work with me, but as I get older, I find that the burden is increasing .

What I have earned and spent for myself is that I visited some places in India last year . 40 thousand rupees. Although he wanted to take his wife, he did not go because he was worried that his health would not be good. Since I don't come to buy clothes, my wife buys them for both of us . Staying on the road all day also causes health problems . There is dust, dust thrown by vehicles. You can't say it, it's work - it has to be done . He muttered in his mind that money will accumulate and we will do this, we will do that, but money is something that ends as soon as it comes to hand. 

presentation: Sanju Paudel

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