'Son, your face looks very cheerful today. It seems like you are very happy, we have also applied tika again,' the son's simple answer came before the question, mixed with his mother's love, came in the Facebook Messenger video call, 'I came after worshiping at the temple today, mommy. You keep falling ill, that's why I worshipped.'

This short conversation was the last conversation between 20-year-old Sabin Bishwakarma of Golechowk, Bhadrapur Municipality-3, Jhapa, and his mother Lal Maya Bishwakarma.

The smiling face of Sabin, who returned from worshipping at the temple with prayers for his mother's recovery, has become a memory for the family.

A massive fire that broke out at a nightclub and restaurant in northern Goa, India, on Saturday last week destroyed Sabin's life, as well as his dreams, plans, and family hopes.

25 people, including five Nepalis, died in the fire. Sabin, who worked as a chef at the same nightclub, was one of those who died of suffocation. The news of Sabin's death was unimaginable for the family. The body, which arrived in Jhapa only on Thursday afternoon, was cremated on Friday.

Tikaram and Lal Maya's eldest son, Sabin, had studied a diploma in hotel management in Jhapa. Sabin, who had a desire to become self-reliant since childhood, was equally responsible not only in his studies but also in his work.

After completing his diploma, he did a six-month internship at a hotel in Siliguri, West Bengal, India. After that, he worked for three to four months in various hotels in Jhapa. 'My son did whatever he did with all his heart,' recalls his mother Lalmaya, 'he started worrying about his family at a young age.'

Then, Sabin went to work at a hotel in Goa with his older sister (Lalmaya's cousin's daughter). After some time, he joined the nightclub where he is currently working as a safe and had been working there for six months. He was satisfied with the work environment, salary and future.

On the day of the incident, Sabin's grandmother also joined the Messenger group call made from Bhadrapur. 'I was busy with work,' Lalmaya did not say, 'I told my son that I would call him again after finishing work, and that I would talk to his grandmother.'

After reaching the room an hour later, Lalmaya called her son. But the call did not come. 'I thought he must be busy with work,' she said, 'but my son, who always wakes up early in the morning and calls, did not call. Instead, a relative from Siliguri, India, told me about a fire at the place where his son worked. At that moment, it felt like the ground beneath his feet was sinking.' The fire at the nightclub where Sabin was working had taken a terrible toll in a few minutes. Despite rescue efforts, those trapped inside were suffocating.

'My son was very happy working there,' Lalmaya said, 'The salary was also good, and he was sending regular expenses.' Sabin's father Tikaram had been working in Saudi Arabia and the UAE for 18 years and in Malaysia for two years. His mother Lal Maya had also been working in Kuwait for four years. Both returned to Nepal on Thursday, the day their son's body arrived home.

The nightclub owner was also satisfied with Sabin's sincerity towards his work. 'They had planned to keep him here without letting him die,' said Tikaram. 'Even when we talked to him, he never felt difficult at work. He never said he was sad, but instead said that his father-in-law loved him.'

Not only the family but the entire village has been plunged into grief due to Sabin's death. Their nine-year-old daughter and four-year-old son are under the care of their grandmother in Bhadrapur. The Indian government has decided to provide two lakh Indian rupees and the Goa state government five lakh Indian rupees as compensation to the deceased's family. Sabin's brother Sandesh Bishwakarma (his maternal uncle's son) informed that the process of sending the necessary documents is underway. 'The Goa state government itself brought the body to Bagdora Airport in West Bengal by plane,' he said, 'from there it was brought directly to the house by ambulance.'