Dinesh Bista, 20, who dropped out of school and learned to cut hair in his village while his friends went abroad, is opening his own salon and earning up to 75,000 rupees per month.
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A young face with just a moustache. Holding a pen and scissors in his hand, Dinesh Bista, a resident of Sharada Municipality-6, is cutting his hair. He has just turned 20. It is time for him to study at this campus. In between, he is now engaged in a skilled business. He has been earning a good income by opening Dinesh Salon in the old bus park in Khalanga for the past two years.
He opened a salon with the intention of doing some skilled work in his own country while his friends, some in India and some abroad, have been earning 75 thousand a month, 2,500 a day. At the tender age of 20, he has been covering his household expenses by engaging in a skilled business. He said that he has been saving 30 thousand a month by cutting the rent and household expenses of the shop.
In recent times, the young generation has been leaving their families in droves and leaving for abroad, showing the problem of unemployment. As the young generation goes abroad, rural settlements are becoming limited to adults and the elderly. Due to which, cultivable land is becoming barren. The wave of youth emigration is also affecting the cottage industries that were operating in the past. At a time when the young generation is increasingly migrating abroad, he has become an exemplary character who shows that if one has skills and knowledge, one can do something with one's family.
He says, 'I studied at Balsakha Secondary School, which is half an hour away from home from class 1 to 9. I quit my studies because of the pressure of my friends. All my friends went abroad and some went to different parts of India, but I did not go because I wanted to do something in my own place.'
After quitting his studies, he used to take his nephew and niece to a school in Srinagar for their education and bring them home. He used to be free from 10 am to 4 pm. At that time, he was only 16 years old. 'While going to Srinagar daily, I got to know a person from the Madhesi community who had opened a barber shop. I learned to cut hair with him for three months,' he said, 'after that I worked at a rate of Rs 50 for every Rs 100 I cut. I saved some money while working.' With the idea of opening my own shop, I bought a hair salon in Khalanga for Rs 140,000 in 2081. 'That's how my professional journey began. It's going well now,' he said. He said that since he started running the
salon, he has been cutting hair for up to 25 people daily. He used to charge Rs 100 for a haircut and sometimes earned up to Rs 3,000 for beard trimming, massages and facials. 'Everyone says that in today's world, there is no job without education. It is necessary to study to do something, but I have no regrets about quitting my studies. I want to earn money to support my family. I am satisfied with this,' he said, 'I have forgotten about my studies because I am busy in the shop from morning to evening.'
He said that he initially bought a motorcycle with the money he earned by opening a salon and saved some money for himself. 'Earlier, I used to walk for more than an hour to get to and from home. After renting a house in Khalanga and buying a motorcycle, it has become easier to get to and from home,' he said.
