Kedar Upreti, has been working as a newspaper seller for 21 years.

Despite being a newspaper seller, Upreti’s main source of income comes from vegetable farming. Uprety also had a book shop near Bishow Jyoti Hal, Jamal where he managed the shop for 19 years. After Bishow Jyoti Hall’s demolition, he had to close the shop.

“I still have all the books in my house. But I never stopped selling newspapers” Uprety said.

Upreti used to sell newspapers for NTV and Radio Nepal. He said, “I used to wake up early in the morning and distribute newspapers in different homes and offices. We had to distribute all the newspapers before 6 am.”