Five decades ago, when she was a migrant, her mother used to play the role of housekeeper and sell home-made millet and rice. On other days, mother would sell at home, but on Sundays, our two daughters used to set up a makeshift shop on the road near the house to sell clothes.

We found out later that mother had to sell alcohol because we had to survive on the limited expenses that my father sent us at the age of three. In this way, even though he sold alcoholic beverages, he always told us, "Read the scriptures carefully, otherwise we will suffer like we did."

I was the eldest in the family and above average academically, so I was able to study till college. Thus, at that time, many people like mothers and mothers used alcohol as a means to cope with the economic poverty of their homes. In other words, the sale of alcohol in the public life of that time gave some children of our family an opportunity to study the light of education.

Yesterday, when there was no option to earn extra income, many people like mothers used to make and sell alcohol themselves to earn extra income. Today, the liquor business is becoming a powerful means of improving the economy. The well-educated go to the hotel restaurant to celebrate or entertain their friends according to their status.

Recently, even in Bhojbhater, the necessity of alcoholic products is increasing. Liquor shops are found here and there in every village and street, which means that its connoisseurs are increasing day by day. Yesterday, people used to do alcohol business to cope with poverty, but today, even though there are many options for income and employment, some people do alcohol business out of their own choice.

In the past, the consumers of alcohol used to be poor and illiterate, today some educated men from wealthy households start their daily life with drinking alcohol. Some of these alcoholic men torture their wives, daughters-in-law not only mentally but also physically. The sad thing is that the majority of people do not care about the behavior of such men who look down on other people's daughters in public.

Alcohol consumption is also a factor in the recent increase in violence against women and children. Some of the children from such homes disappear at a young age because they cannot bear the violence, and some do not complete their schooling. Some even turn to alcohol to forget their pain. Some of the children who are in trouble because of their alcoholic parents have ended up in orphanages, while others spend the night in street boxes.

If you look at the relationship of alcohol with people's life since ancient times, on the one hand it is seen as a source of income and on the other hand there is a situation where its misuse leads people to poverty and endangers their lives. A few months ago, an alcoholic neighbor of my age had to die prematurely due to alcohol. 

Although there is a tradition of ignoring the participation of women in the work of development in Nepali society, it seems that women are being made mandatory to participate in the advertisement of alcoholic products. Because of this, along with men, educated and well-off women are also becoming alcoholics. These and some of these reasons are recently increasing the number of young people among the new consumers of alcohol. In this way, it can be easily assumed that the Nepali society is becoming alcoholic due to the liberality of the government and the media towards alcoholic products.

In some communities, the religious and cultural importance of alcoholic beverages is increasing. For example in the Kirati community religious and cultural rituals without alcohol cannot be imagined. Wine is accepted as prasad in the festival celebrated on the days of Ombhauli and Undhauli, the great festival of Kirati, and wine also plays an important role in the Newar community.

Although the consumption of alcohol during festivals is taken as a general rule, it seems that the illegal sale and consumption of alcoholic products in public places is increasing recently during festivals. 

In some developed countries, including America, Britain and Australia, certain procedures and age are set for the sale and consumption of alcohol. In some states of neighboring India, the government has banned the sale, distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages.

In the state of Bihar, alcohol lovers can buy alcohol only after reaching a certain age at a certain time. We have laws that prohibit the sale of alcohol to persons under 18 years of age, but the local levels seem to have failed to enforce them. Although it is said that such shops cannot be operated within 100 meters of schools and monasteries, it seems that the liquor shops that are open in every street are violating the government rules.