Shivlal, who is blind, walks at least 26 kilometers every day holding his daughter's hand
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Supporting Laurie in one hand and daughter Shakuntala in the other. And on his shoulder, a small and dirty bag. Every day, 54-year-old Shivlal Mandal walks a distance of 13 km from Kalaiya-3 Vaidyanathpur village and reaches Adapur pond market across Dasgaja. It has been 16 years since Shivlal, who is blind, started walking this road again and again. Because this is how he lives.
Every day he returns from the pool market buying different types of 15/20 kg biscuits. And holding her daughter's hand throughout the day, she goes to shops in Kalaiya market and sells biscuits . This is the income of his family. Shivlal used to walk with two other daughters in turn before walking holding the hand of his 15-year-old daughter Shakuntala. After the marriage of both the daughters, the responsibility of holding the father's hand came to the elder daughter Shakuntala .
2 plots of land and a stilt house . This is his wealth. His wife earns 10 kathas in farm education . Shivlal earns with the support of his daughter and his wife earns from agricultural work and their family with 6 children is living. Selling biscuits from shop to shop is not easy for Shivlal. Sometimes you have to bear the sun and sometimes the rain. At one time, even the police confiscated the biscuits he was selling. Deepak Das, a businessman from Kalaiya, is a witness to Shivlal's years of hard work. He said, "Everybody's heart melts when he sees his daughter holding his hand and doing business." Before
2065, Shivlal had no eye problems. He told that he had lost his sight due to pressure and said, 'After that, the world became dark.' At first, he did not even reach the eye hospital in Parwanipur. But the treatment there did not improve his eyes. Then he reached Kathmandu. But after the doctors said that he lost his eyesight forever, he returned disappointed. He said, 'After that, my life has been spent with the help of my daughters.' The name of the doctor who treated him is also memorized. He also has a little hope, if a new technology comes, will it bring back the eyesight?
For years, passing through customs every day to and from the Indian market, he knows most of the employees of Waripari working in the border area, from the policemen of Matiarwa Chhoti Customs by voice. He said, 'As long as possible, no one gives any trouble.' He believes that the police and staff did not give any trouble because he was only carrying biscuits.
