Golden days are over for Sheikh Saidul Islam and Ratna Khan.
A massive earthquake of 7.9 magnitude shook up Saidul's jewellery shop in Kathmandu's Kalimati area on Saturday. But it was more than a shake-up.
The couple from Hooghly in Bengal are still in trauma and not able to overcome the quake's terror, which has now forced them to return to India leaving their once-flourishing business behind.
Three days after the earthquake, Saidul (37), Ratna (32) and their five-year-old child found a camp to their relief in Raxaul. The Telegraph managed to speak to the couple who were hardly in a position to share their sorrow and pain after the quake.
Sitting in one corner of the first relief camp set up at the border town, they were found discussing their future plans with their relatives - also in the jewellery business in Nepal.
Saidul said: "We had a terrible experience of the earthquake. I was at my shop that morning and saw building collapsing in front of my eyes. As soon as I realised that it was an earthquake, I ran out of the shop without even closing it. I tried calling my wife who was there at home but could not get through. However, she was alright and the whole night we spent on road even though our house was not damaged. But there was fear in the back of our mind. The worst part that we did not get anything to eat, except biscuits."
They had their luggage and belonging packed while their child was found sitting on a chair with pale face. They were settled in Nepal for the past 10 years and started their business with a small shop.
Certainly, the couple had many fond memories in the Himalyam country but one shake-up changed everything.
"Many temples have turned into debris. I saw many foreign tourists were crying for help but could not do anything because I too had the similar fate. Next day, we all spent the whole day in search of a shelter but could not get any. We tried our level best to get a vehicle, which could drop us till border but did not get it."
They belong to Hooghly and on Tuesday night boarded a special train being run for the quake victims to reach Howrah.
When they reached the relief camp on Tuesday afternoon, they were offered watermelon and cucumber which they had after that Saidul exchanged some thousands of Nepali currency in the India rupees for the journey. However, the railways did not charge a single pie from them as a goodwill gesture to quake victims.
Ratna too explained that they had to pay a taxi Rs 5,000 to cover the distance of 280km from Kathmandu to Raxaul.
"We requested the taxi driver so much but the fellow charged us Rs 5,000 to drop us near the border. Normally, they just take Rs 1,000. It is really shameful that at the time of disaster, these people are making money. Now we are going back to our home leaving every behind on name of Allah. Until the situation turns normal, I do not think we would return here. We are just taking whatever we could save," said Ratna.
Private tour operators and taxi drivers are charging a premium as lots vehicles have also been damaged in the quake.
However, the Bihar government had sent many buses to Kathmandu to bring the Indians back to the border.
There are many people like Ratna and Saidul who had faced problems and gone through deep pain while dealing with the quake tremor.
One Suvesh Kumar (38) from Munger district working in Kathmandu had the similar fate and saw natural terror with his eyes. He has lost his house in the quake and now had decided to return to his native district. He too said that he would not return to Nepal and would do something in Munger itself.
"I do not think that I would be able to return Nepal in future as the quake has finished everything in the country and it would take years to bring it in a good shape. I lost my house too. However, I was lucky that my wife and two children are safe. It is more than enough for me," said Suvesh.
More than materials, the earthquake has buried confidence of these young entrepreneurs in the Himalayan country.
For Saidul, the hilly terrain of Nepal has been a second home away from the plains of Bengal. For Suvesh, too, Munger would hardly match his earnings than that in Kathmandu. But it's fear and trauma of the natural calamity they have to fight on.
Maybe lifelong.