”On days when I don't work, the stove doesn't light”

I used to listen to the song 'Garibko Chameli Bouldine Kochi Noi' very well. Now that song is matching in my life.

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”On days when I don't work, the stove doesn't light”

What you should know

I didn't have to learn skills where I grew up. There was no one to give advice that 'learn work, it will be easy in the future'. It takes skill rather than making a living by doing something yourself. That didn't happen to me. But even if I have hands and feet, I started working with them, thinking that I will take care of the family.

I work in the construction site carrying sand, bricks, making spices . It has been 7 years since it started working. If you don't read the article, you will be sad.  Due to the physical condition, the husband cannot do anything . While in India, his leg was affected by a motorcycle accident. Even now he walks with a stick . 

I have been married for 10 years . I also lived in India with my husband for two years. At that time, it would have been better to work a little . Later we came to Nepal after he was getting sick. From the month I came here, I started working to support the household expenses. 

My home is Tanahun, but now we live in Kathmandu . Now I am 37 years old. There are three people in the family, me, husband and son . Before our marriage, he met with an accident. I have been working as a wage earner for my son who is studying in the third grade and for the things he needs at home. I have taken care of my husband and son even though the money I earned was not enough. Jami work is not always available . I had to eat even when I didn't get work. Due to the lack of income, borrowing in the shop increases . The room rent will be charged . Son's school fees are due. 

Earlier the daily wage was 850 . Now the contractor has to do 950 days from May. It has been a little bit of a relief. Everything is expensive . Earlier, I did not have to pay my son's school fees. Now the school asked for the document that the husband is disabled. When returning from India, there was a problem because the documents were left there.

Asking the ward president for help, he says, "Come with a recommendation from the hospital, otherwise it won't work". Even after going to the hospital, he said to come again. Being fed up, we stopped going anywhere and even saying. Husband finds it difficult to walk . Every day after leaving work, there is a problem of what to eat in the evening, that's why they said, "I'll pay my son's fees, now I don't have to go anywhere". 

When seeing a disabled person, his heart is burning after asking for many papers. I used to listen to the song "Garibko Chameli Bouldine Koke China" very well. Now that song is matching in my life . Son's fee is 700 per month . Room rent 4 thousand, gas does not last even 2 months . Oil, dal, rice have not been touched. Sometimes the son says to eat meat and we bring meat . There is no such thing as saving money.

It is like saying 'money comes when you work, money goes away when you eat' . House expenses are about 20,000 per month. Can't find work for the whole month . It seems to be a matter of luck. Everyone calls a sedentary person lucky, lucky. We have no luck sitting down and eating. The month of getting a job is a lucky thing for us .

The husband also has another disease. He collapses suddenly. Foaming at the mouth. Sometimes it wakes up after 15 minutes and sometimes after half an hour . There is no money to go to the hospital . Sometimes we check in the medical, they say nothing is wrong . It is a big dream that she could save money and treat her husband and he would have recovered quickly.

We have a love marriage . Even if you are like the person you love, you will be loved. It is said that the legs will heal quickly and that the falling disease will also be cured after finding out the disease. That is what I want and desire. If I could educate my son well and make my husband as healthy as before, I feel like I would have done it no matter what the pain was. 

presentation: Aarti Paudel

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