Even though I was born in Dhading, my home is not there. I am now 83 years old. I have made a fortune by selling water on the streets of Kathmandu. It has been almost 12 years since I started working like this. Earlier, I used to make a living by selling trinkets like incense sticks, toothpicks, etc. on the side of the road. I have started selling water since 2 years ago.

It has been 34 years since his wife passed away due to asthma. I treated him for a long time . A lot of money was spent on his treatment. But could not be saved . She became dear to God. 

has one son and four daughters . All married people are enjoying their own world . They have eaten by themselves. Now I live alone. I have rented a room in Kathmandu. I sell water all day . I will go to that room in the evening . I cook, eat and take a nap . The next day the same work starts again . This is how my time passes.

Alli sells a lot of water in summer . I don't sit in my room in the middle of the day. After coming to the road, even if it is 1/2 carton, water will be sold . In winter, it doesn't sell as much. If you ask someone to buy water, who will drink water in such a winter?

The cost of the room rent, water and electricity is five thousand a month. Rice, oil, vegetables also have the same expenditure. Old Age Allowance (Social Security Allowance) comes . Allowance has given a big relief . Even though I am getting old, I make and eat Khasi meat every fortnight or month to change the taste . What to do, what to do.

I didn't calculate that I earned so much in a month . Earning a lot means thousand/twelve hundred a day . But it is not business at all from October to January. I spend the money saved during the season in the non-business months . Bottled water is sold more in the months of Chait and Baisakh.

He feels satisfied that even at this age, his handguns are running. There is joy in not having to depend on others. What else should I do and ! I have lived alone by selling this water. I have become like the sun on the hill . Now there are no such dreams. That's it - don't eat by shaking hands with anyone. Don't be insulted by anyone in this old age .

It is enough for me to earn money to pay room rent and house expenses . But sometimes there is pain that it can't be done if there is no business. I will talk to myself . Because even if you are upset, alone, even if you are happy, alone . Sometimes I think, if I were an old woman, I would have been with you in sorrow and happiness . We used to work and eat together.

I don't spend on other things because I have enough income to live. I also buy clothes only on Dasain . Some time ago, a nanny had bought Daura-Suruwal out of love. That's what I'm wearing now. With the dust of this neurode, this cloth gets dirty in a day . There is no time to wash clothes. So I wash it in three/four days and wear it again .

There are many experiences of selling water. Some people happily drink a bottle of water and give a thousand rupees. It is known that some people put up 100/500 to keep it. I didn't ask for it, they gave it happily. Some people also complain about how expensive water is sold. Some even return the water that they are going to open Birko because it is too expensive .