”It is a big shame to see a daughter treating others as a health worker”

Being the eldest son of the family, I have more family responsibilities

Chaitra 7, 2081

Bijaya Prasad Koiri

”It is a big shame to see a daughter treating others as a health worker”

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My ancestral house is in Birganj Mahanagarpalika-23 Prasaunivirta. I am now 39 years old. It has also been 30 years since the sale of vegetables in carts at the Powerhouse Chowk in Birganj.

My youth passed in this Powerhouse Chowk. Earlier, my father used to sell vegetables. After I started coming to help him, I also became interested in this profession . I started this profession when I was studying in 2nd grade in 9 years, I didn't realize how fast the time passed. 

Father died 2 years ago . Mother is asthmatic and wife is heart patient . Wife's open heart surgery was done at Saheed Gangalal Hospital only on January 10. 

has four children . Eldest daughter is studying in second year of Health Assistant . Two children study in 9th standard . Younger son studies in 7th standard . The education of all four children costs Rs 10,000 to 12,000 per month.

Being the eldest of my father's three sons, I have a little more family responsibility. Two brothers are separated and raising their children . I am with my mother and my children. It's hard when mom gets sick every year . He is facing both financial and mental stress while treating him. 

The shop that is supposed to be open for 365 days does not close for a single day . A vegetable shop should be run from 5 am to 10 pm regardless of winter, summer, rain or cold waves. If the business goes well, daily earnings from 800 to 1000 rupees. 

When I was a father, the debt of Besi was heavy over 20 lakh rupees on my head during 5 years, including his treatment, mother's treatment, wife's treatment expenses and household expenses . There are 15 paddy fields in Sagol. Its cultivation is barely enough to eat rice and bread . But the burden of salt, oil, spices, clothes and other retail expenses is much more than that . Children want to eat fish even once a week. It costs up to 2 thousand per month. It is difficult to cover household expenses with 25 to 30 thousand rupees earned monthly.

If you have to do a big treatment or medication, you don't have to carry more debt. There is also a concern about reducing the debt burden even if it is small monthly from running a household business with limited income. 

I used to keep cows because it would be easy to run household expenses . I used to dream that I would make good money by selling milk . In the month of October 2079, four cows were burnt to death when a fire broke out in the barn. Didn't even know that cows should be insured . There was no compensation from anywhere. For me, that was an irreparable loss. One calf survived . I am raising it . Sometimes it seems that only pain is added to the pain of the poor. 

Life is long . There are still all the responsibilities from children's education to marriage. He could not read. But there is a strong desire to see the children become 'believers' after reading. It is a great honor to see your daughter treating others by becoming a health worker. 

Debts are added to the debt and it seems that the weight of it will never end. Eating breakfast at 1 pm and dinner at 10 pm has been my daily routine for 30 years . I have been plowed day and night like oxen plowed . Fever is not a disease for me. Fever should be digested and worked. I don't know how long I will work tirelessly like this. And we don't know when we will have rest. 

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