In India, students who work in hotels, construction sites, security guards and laborers start returning to their villages a few weeks before the start of Dasain.
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Most of the villages in Achham have the same voice heard on the four-wheeler, 'Will my son come this year on Dasain or not?' Achham parents and family members start waiting for their relatives who have gone to India for work to return. As Dasain approaches, those who went to India to work their sweat start returning home, and the village begins to bustle.
India is the main source of employment for the youth of Achham. From Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Dehradun, Chandigarh to Shimla, Darjeeling and Siliguri, the youth of Achham are engaged in various activities .
Some people sweat all day in the construction of big buildings, roads and bridges, while others work as dishwashers, cooks or waiters in hotel restaurants. There are many Nepalis standing in the uniforms of security guards in shops, apartments and office buildings in urban areas. In the same way, the presence of Achamis is mandatory in the agricultural laborers who work from rice, wheat to vegetable production in the fields of Himachal, Haryana and Punjab.
These jobs are not easy. They are forced to sweat in the sun from morning till evening, and do hard labor for low wages . But with this sweat, during festivals like Dasain-Tihar, Acham's houses and yards are lit up, and happiness spreads in the family . Achham youth are more present in Shimla and Manali in Himachal Pradesh, where they work in construction and in hotels and restaurants . In Delhi and Haryana, the number of security guards and construction workers is significant. A large group of youths from Acham who go seasonally for farming is found in Punjab . Similarly, their presence in service sector and small jobs in Mumbai and Beglon is increasing day by day.
26-year-old Yuvraj Bisht of Kamalbazar Municipality-3, who works in a hotel in Shimla and now returns home to celebrate Dasain, says, 'Even if I sweat all year in India, I forget all that sorrow when I return home on Dasain.' Most of the family members of Achham, who do not survive only by farming, go to India for employment throughout the year. But they never miss Dasain, which is considered a symbol of family happiness and social harmony.
In India, students involved in jobs ranging from hotels, construction sites, security guards to laborers start returning to their villages a few weeks before the start of Dasain. Along with the wave of returning home, the number of passengers on the road has increased . The pressure of buying and selling in the market has increased and there is a good fight between the relatives who met after a long time in the village. "No matter how sad you are throughout the year, you are not happy if you don't come home on Dasain," says Bharat Nepali from Dhakari Rural Municipality-7, who went to India to earn money. This is also the excuse to come home.'
40-year-old Bharat went to India for work. Bharat, who returned home to celebrate Dasai after 7 years, has come to stay for 15 days. More than 60 men from his village have returned to the village with him. In the village where there were only women, children, and old people, now men have started to fill up . At this time, there is a lot of activity in the deserted villages.
'It is difficult to cover household expenses if you stay without work for just one month . I tried to come in the previous years too . At that time, the financial arrangement could not be arranged,' he said, 'After many years, the festival could be decorated with the sweat shed in India.'
The number of sweating students in India is estimated to be in the millions. However, one time to forget all these sorrows and distance is the festive season. As Dasain is approaching, the traffic of travelers is increasing in Mangalsen, Sanfebagar to Bayalpata, Kamalbazar to Panchdeval, Muzabagar markets . With the presence of young people who have returned from India, the villages of Acham have become Gulzar. The bus park, the rush of passengers on the road and the shopping in the market have made it festive . "Children are away throughout the year, when they come back on Dasain, the yard is fun," says 60-year-old Dhankala Nepali of Dhakari-7.
