“Many decades ago my wife left me. She must be in the heavens. She has left two daughters who visit ...
“My community has been continually fishing since the days of the Gods. But with the emergence of the human rule ...
“They bring the poison from across the border. They wait in the darkness of the night for it to dissolve ...
“We have spent the last 27 years, both in love and in sorrow, together. Our relation is not so weak ...
“When my grandchildren laugh and run amok, I feel there is still good in life. I feel happy. What will ...
“The water level rises during the months of Shrawan and Bhadra. During that time, I understand my fear. I have ...
“After marriage, I had to stop going to school. My sister-in-law taught me how to sew. It is better than ...
“The Koshi took away more than half of father’s land. He started talking less after that. The only thing he ...
“I have been living near the Koshi for the last 25 years. My ancestors came from the nearby town of ...
“My husband ended his own life. They found him hanging from the ceiling of the room he was staying at ...
“Father did not send me to school. He sent me after the animals. My youth was spent doing only that. ...
“At home, there is violence and there are tears and muffled cries. And because I bore children, where I live ...
“Six months ago, when my husband left for Kashmir to find work, he gave me 5000 rupees in secret. He ...
“Sometimes, something takes over my body. Sometimes, something takes over my thoughts. It has been going on from when I ...
“Sometimes mother finds work and goes away until sundown. When she returns home she hands me the money she has ...
“I have seen mother break stones, carry weight heavier than her body and never tire. I have seen her pass ...
“Both my sons are disabled. That is the source of my everyday worry. I know I cannot change things. Even ...
“Not long after my son was born, my husband got sick. We went to many doctors. They prescribed us bags ...
“Not so long ago, half my face was paralysed. My husband is still paying the loan that he took out ...
“My son was in the 5th grade when my husband became mad. It happened without notice. People in the villages ...
The Gauna was a big celebration for my husband and his father and mother, but not for me. That day I cried a lot. But what can a woman do?
My husband stays at home and looks after the children. He fell off a roof and broke his leg and shoulder and he cannot do much.
“The relationship that I have with mother earth is bigger than any human relationship in my life. I have taken ...
“My dream for my children, is for them to have a house where they can live in happily. And maybe, ...
“After the celebrations are over, and after all guests have left, we get called upon to collect the leftover rice. ...
I could not remain without sharing with you all, this photograph I recently took in Saptari. Hope you like it.
“Happiness for me is cooking what my husband likes, taking it to him to the fields and watching him eat.” ...
“When I was small, I had a difficult life. My husband brought me here to Nepal and the difficult life ...
“I spent half of my life in the hills. I was an agriculture technician appointed by the government office. And ...