The story of the struggle of a young man who came from Udaipur to Jhapa for a job.
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Time and circumstances may not work well for our family! Suffering, lack and struggle kept knocking on the door. Otherwise, I would be holding a book in my hand and reading on campus. However, I am riding an old bicycle and going from village to village selling dunot-pauroti.
When I was 5 years old, I fell. Our land was not much, everything had to be bought and eaten. There was a small house on 6 dhur land. Mother, brother and I were at home . With many sorrows, the mother worked as a wage laborer and studied till class 10.
But, where was it easy to raise a family of three with one person's income? Couldn't study after SEE . Now I am 21 years old . The old market at Gaighat in Udaipur, where I spent my childhood, is now home. Mother and brother are at home . I came to Jhapa with the intention of working and earning money.
I gave the SEE exam from Triyuga Model High School in Gaighat . After that, I went to look for a job while looking at the misery of the house. Where was it easy to get a job? I finally got a job . In the beginning, I started loading and unloading stones and sand on tractors in the village.
but, young age . I could not do that heavy work of stone and sand for a long time. There is a Mawli house in the tunnel of Jhapa. Jhapa is an easy district. I didn't learn any skills, I didn't even go to work .
While looking for a job, I got a job in a dunot-pauroti making industry in Kankarvitta, a border town. 10,000 monthly salary was . I did all the work . 17 months have passed . Then a new idea emerged . It was a borrowed bicycle. It was said that this dunot-pauroti would not be sold when it was sold from village to village.
Then I started going from village to village on my bicycle with dunot-pauroti and other bakery items. Today it has been four months since he started selling goods by going from village to village. Now I live in a room in the old customs house in Kankarvitta . 3000 must be paid for the room rent. 3,540,000 per month is spent on room rent after water and electricity bills.
I wake up at 4 am. I reach the factory and load the goods and reach the village. If it sells well, it earns 5-600 rupees a day . It doesn't sell much when it rains. Even if I sleep until 1-2 o'clock in the day, I sit holding Kamal when there is no sale .
Earned money tries to pay room rent, buy pulses and rice. Had to eat fish and meat from time to time. However, I will save some amount . I want to make a lot of saved money and send it home to my mother . There is a desire to buy new clothes for mother and brother on Dasai . It's been a long time since I bought new clothes for myself. Buying and wearing new clothes on Dasai is a big deal.
This bicycle is also a loan . From the money earned by selling goods throughout the day, I will pay the money for the goods to the creditor . The remaining amount after paying the creditor is my earnings . I don't want to go to a big country and earn a lot of money! But, after leaving home, you understand . This time is not about money.
We don't have money, and no one will give us a loan . But he has not stopped dreaming. I have many dreams. I am struggling tirelessly to fulfill those dreams. After all, dreams come true, don't they!
Presentation: Navraj Subedi
