From home service to luxury salons, these Thakurs of Rautahat have mastered them all

In Chandrapur municipality, Ward 7, near the Gaur-Garuda road section, there is Basantapur Chowk. It is a newly built settlement. 62-year-old Ramchandra Thakur lives on the outskirts of the settlement which is a mix of huts and concrete houses. For many years, he was the community’s resident barber. Though he hasn’t kept count, he has provided services to numerous people, visiting households door-to-door for haircuts.

Recently, however, he has left the profession of being a barber and has ventured into politics. Despite leaving the profession and becoming the chairman of the ward committee of the Unified Socialist party, he isn’t especially worried because his son, Nagendra, and his 21-year-old grandson Ramesh Kumar have continued the profession.

The ‘Ramesh Kumar Salon’ (named after the grandson) lies in Basantapur Chowk. The father, Nagendra, worked as a barber in the Nepali Army for several years. But for the past two years, he has been working in the Army’s disaster section.

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https://kathmandupost.com/art-culture/2023/07/23/from-home-service-to-luxury-salons-these-thakurs-of-rautahat-have-mastered-them-all