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Blind Gaurav Timilsena Chhetri (36) has a white stick in one hand. With the other hand, he is guiding his visually impaired wife, Thapa Thimilsena (33). Their journey is fixed, to the nearby Hartok market as well as to the Bhairavasthan temple. They don't say anything about summer, winter, holidays or other days. Their daily life has been like this for 6 years. Continuous hard work and daily routine has also brought success to the couple.
The story of the blind couple Gaurav and Jaganna of Khasyuli Sirupate, Ribdikot Rural Municipality-3 of Palpa is a little different. Both of them are born blind. But they have not only earned their livelihood by selling incense sticks, but have also acquired houses and land.
In Sirupate, about 8 ropani including houses have been added to the land name this year. He also bought the land with the house for 16 lakhs. They have been living in their own house since last July, who have been camping in the nearby Hartok market for 6 years.
He also goes to make the incense sticks that are sold daily. For some time now, Gaurav said that he has been selling incense sticks sent from an industry run by disabled people in Nepalgunj. "We can also make incense sticks ourselves," he said, "It is a bit difficult to do the whole work of incense sticks." Lately, because of the arrival of spice-filled Cinka, cents are used to pack it.'
Both of them have trained in making incense sticks . They said that even though they are blind, they can do all the work and have the ability to make agarbatti by themselves. ``There is no one else living in the house,'' he said, ``both of us have been living together like this for 6 years.'' Gaurab's home is Rautahat district of Madhesh province, who says that only he knows what grief is. He said that he was struggling a lot after the death of his parents.
Yakkan was born and brought up in Malmul, Ribdikot, Palpa. Both of them, born blind, got married 6 years ago. They got to know each other through a friend and decided to settle down. "We got to know each other on the phone through a friend," she said. After that, we got married.' She said that she tried to understand each other because only the blind can understand the suffering of the blind. They help each other in cleaning the house, cooking, cleaning the house.
Wake up early in the morning and do housework. Throughout the day they sell agarbattis saying 'help the blind'. Sometimes even 2 to 3 thousand are sold . But on some days, even 2 to 300 rupees are not sold, they said. They meet daily in Hartok market as well as around Bhairavasthan temple. Gaurav has put money recognition software . "Through this software, we do daily transactions," said Gaurav, "because of this, the basis of how much money has been collected or sold."
Vimala Gautam, a local neighbor who became an example of pride and memory, said that even disabled people can live a self-reliant life if they get enough opportunities. "Seeing the progress made by the blind couple has made us proud," she said. . "I found that a blind couple became an example that you should learn to save not just by earning," she said.
