”I couldn't pay my husband's debt”

Her husband fell in February 2072 when the earthquake hit

Chaitra 5, 2081

Bhuntimaya Basel

”I couldn't pay my husband's debt”

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My favorite place is Baskot of Shaheed Lakhan-6, Ghairung. 80 years old. In February 2072, the year of the earthquake, Mr. Mate Basel fell. We have three sons and four daughters. The daughters got married and went to their respective homes. Eldest son Munth has also moved to Namjung in Gorkha. It has been 30 years since Milo Choro went to Punjab, India. He didn't even return to do his father-in-law's chores, no way. The youngest son also passed away three years ago.

Now I am alone at home . Since there is no field, I sometimes plant corn and millet in the paddy fields . If you can plant in the field, it will grow little by little. If they plow a bull for a day, they get a wage of two thousand rupees . How can I do garden work if I can't carry water and drink? After understanding the allowance given by the government, I will call you to plow the fields . After the earthquake destroyed the thatched house, he built a new tower on the same foundation. The house is incomplete after the three lakh given by the government as an earthquake victim is insufficient. Because the zinc leaves are left folded, it leaks when it rains. I feel cold .

Half of the amount given by the government ended up demolishing the old house. After that, four lakhs were spent even if it was made just enough to pay off the loan. A loan of two and a half lakhs from the neighbor and daughter is left. The husband was ill. He had to be taken to the hospital two/three times a month. I couldn't check regularly because I didn't have money. After the disease subsided, the old man fell into my arms. He incurred a debt of one lakh for his treatment and surgery. She has not even been able to pay the interest on the loan taken with the villager and her daughter. Now it's time to be dear to God. 

There are two Maui goats . After he got the child, I sold it and paid half the interest on the loan taken from the village. 12,000 allowance comes in three/three months . So salt, oil and rice are to be bought . When the guest comes, he has to pay for the goods borrowed from the shop, so the amount of the allowance can be given knowingly. Daughters buy clothes and bring them. In the village, if the friends of the younger son return from abroad, they give one thousand/five hundred . 10,000 household expenses per month even if you live alone. I have to pay Rs 90 per month for electricity. 

It seems as if the radio and TV should be used to remove the loneliness . She didn't even ask for the price because she didn't have the money to buy it. Children do not study, there is no job . I also take medicine for pressure and depression . There is no cost as there is a health post nearby. Sometimes it costs 2 to 5 thousand to go to the Gorkha hospital for examination when the hand hurts. I will go to Gorkha Hospital asking for help in the village. 

The daughters are calling to come here after selling the house and paying off the loan. But, I don't want to leave that way . I feel like I would have died of joy if I could pay off the debt incurred while building a house, doing the old man's work and treatment. But, there is no way to get money, how to pay? Even when we were old, we suffered a lot . He had to go to Nibek for two maunds of millet. When there was always a lack of money, they ate by killing others. When all the family was together, it was happy to eat together. 

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