“9 Mohars (Rs. 4.5) is all it took for me to travel from Kalanki to Birgunj when I started to sell flutes in Indrachowk back then.
Where do these flutes come from?
“These flutes come from Sitamani, Majjafarpur, India.”
Do you have to pay taxes to the customs?
“Of course. I have paid a lot of money in Taxes. To the customs and to the municipality too. Come to think of it I could have bought a house with all that money.”
– Wakil “Basuriwala” Shah, Laxmipur VDC 4, Sarlahi, Met him in Bhaktapur Durbar Square
