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I wake up in the morning and ride my bicycle. After that, after tying the bag on the bicycle, I reach the door of the house shouting. It has been 10 years since I started collecting metal, plastic, paper and books. When someone asks what you do for a living, you feel a little embarrassed to say that you do this. Because many people do not understand the essence of my work.
I don't think that collecting garbage is a bad job. But sometimes the customer hurts more than the 'Kabaddiwala'. 'I'm a man, a little kabaddi and ? "My job is to collect kabaddi," I say. What a job it is sometimes, even when called, it seems to sound bad. But there is a matter of livelihood, it is work, not cheated, not robbed . I am trying to enjoy this job .
I don't have time to dream and cherish my dreams in life . Moreover, it was not like that atmosphere. What do they know that I get constipated after leaving work ?
I don't even know how life is going. I only wonder what will happen tomorrow, but I think, I have to live today, I have to save my family, and tomorrow will appear. Old age is coming now . I am more worried about my family than myself. I wonder what will happen to my family if I can't work. The money I earn is not enough for everything . What will happen if you don't earn?
Rautahat is my birthplace . I was born and raised there. I came to Rupandehi while wandering in search of work as I grew older. Even though I live in Butwal, I go to the streets of Tilottama, Sainamaina and Devdah to collect garbage.
I have three children . Now I am 40 years old . If you don't read the article, you won't get a job. I came to Butwal to do whatever I could. As soon as he came here, he got a job as a garbage collector. This job earns up to 25,000 per month in the season. In 'off season', you have to settle for 500 to 1000 a day .
In the market, if there are goods sold for 50 rupees per kilo, we buy them for 30/40 rupees . The lower the price of goods can be purchased from the customer, the more profit will be made. It feels rude to be called a person who collects trash . However, this should also be considered as work.
We have shared a room together with friends . The creditor has arranged to live on rent at Sandh Tilottama-3 Yogikuti in Butwal. Cooking and eating are done in the room in turn. Sometimes we eat out. 150 to 200 rupees are spent on food/snacks per day . I think I could have saved the money and taken it home . So I spend less . Sometimes I have sent 25 and sometimes 15 thousand rupees home . Money reaches home once a month. I would go for 6 months, a year.
There is a small house covered with bark . The day I earn money and build another house will not come this June . But if I can teach my children, I wonder if they will do something . I kept the child here for 1 year because I will teach him in a good school . However, even while teaching in a public school, he could not afford the expenses and had to be sent back to Rautahat . They study in class 5, 7 and 9 respectively. There is no farming work at home either. I go home while cultivating others . Worked in the field, raised money, came here again . This is going on . I am doing this because of
compulsion . I had no money to go abroad. Again I didn't have any skills . Only I know how painful it is to walk all day in the sun screaming . My children may not like what I do. But, if he felt my compulsion, he would think that he had suffered for us. After getting this job, I didn't pay attention to learn and do other jobs . I enjoyed it.
presentation: Sanju Paudel
