Having done so much in his life, Bhandari recalls his teenage days which he is absolutely proud of.[break]
Born in Mahottari District in 2016 BS, Bhandari was deprived of facilities like electricity and telephone in his early days.
“Until I came to Kathmandu after my SLC examinations, when I was 15 years old, our village wasn’t provided with electricity services,” Bhandari recalls.
Mischief wasn’t Bhandari’s cup of tea.
“I never learnt how to do mischief actually,” he says. “All of my eight siblings and I were highly disciplined.” Anyone can be shocked to hear that Bhandari and his siblings also never had rows with each other.
“I was the class topper,” says Bhandari who also adds that he was very inclined to sports. “So there was no chance of bunking the classes and roaming around.” He thinks it was because he had everything in his life that was necessary for him, he didn’t get into anything mischievous.
“I don’t know if I should be saying this, but as we were better off than other people in the village, my parents didn’t allow me to go around and mix up with the kids of the village,” he says. “We weren’t allowed to eat in someone else’s home, or do anything of that sort. So I never had anyone in my life that I can call my friend.” Bhandari explains that the impact of his parents’ teaching brainwashed him, and he still doesn’t have meals outside his home, and can’t befriend anyone easily.
The only mischief Bhandari recalls is the one when he pulled his teacher’s nose just because the teacher beat him as he was not studying.
“Unfortunately, my father saw me doing that and I got a good beating from him. Since then, I learnt a lesson to respect my teachers,” Bhandari says, laughing.
“My mother always gave me 10 paisas while going to school,” he says, explaining how he never had to steal anything from his parents. “With those 10 paisas, I could buy a huge amount of food which was difficult for me to finish.”
According to him, his good-boy nature is due to the lack of any kind of shortages in his life.
“We fished in our own pond if we felt like having fish; we slaughtered our own goats and chickens for meat. So I didn’t know when to do actually do mischief,” he concludes.
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