Fifty-six-year old Amrit Lama is a rickshaw puller. Originally from Rammechhap, he currently lives in Ganeshthan, Basantapur. He keeps changing his temporary address as he lives in Kathmandu only for a month or two every year. He spends the rest of the year at his hometown doing agriculture.
He says the income from rickshaw pulling is not bad and he earns enough to take a few groceries to Ramechhap whenever he returns. He spent Dashain in Kathmandu to earn some bucks and plans to leave for his hometown in Tihar. Amrit says he enjoys his life more in his hometown than in Kathmandu. “Finding a room to stay whenever I am in Kathmandu is the most difficult task for me,” he says.
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Ever since his house in Ramechhap was damaged by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, his only dream has been to build a new one. Whenever in the capital city, Amrit starts his work at seven in the morning and finishes his day at around seven in the evening. When asked if rickshaw pulling was a difficult job as it requires a lot of muscular work, he said it had become quite easy with time as he knows his work well.
