SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2026

| | Donate |

Tag

Stories Faces Rular Life Nature

I Come Back Home

"When I was growing up, for many years, I didn't have slippers to wear. The skin on my feet was dead. My father was a poor farmer who relied on rain for crops. There were no fertilisers like today....

Published13 March 2016

Reading Time 2 mins

Author Stories of Nepal

Location Nepal

I Come Back Home

"When I was growing up, for many years, I didn't have slippers to wear. The skin on my feet was dead. My father was a poor farmer who relied on rain for crops. There were no fertilisers like today....

"When I was growing up, for many years, I didn't have slippers to wear. The skin on my feet was dead. My father was a poor farmer who relied on rain for crops. There were no fertilisers like today. So less crops meant less food. Money was a distant dream. I remember I would pick up Gooseberry, tie it in a piece of cloth and run down to the highway to sell it. By midday, I would be so hungry that every time I saw a passerby chewing on corn my mouth would water. I was hardworking and would do any kind of work as long as it paid. So I started seeing money. But I also realised that it is difficult to earn money, so I started saving and eventually built a small hut for me and my family. Today, I work at the government office and I get a salary. But I don't eat out. I don't go to restaurant. I go to work, bring the entire salary home. Sometimes, I see my friends eat fancy meals in restaurants and the human I am, my mouth still waters. But I resist and I come back home." (Krishna Bahadur Budathoki, Kuwapani, Nuwakot)

Read Next

Similar Stories

View all in Nepal

I Feel Settled

Nepal

I Feel Settled

"Mother and father never showed me their tears. I knew they to sell a piece of land to buy gold and prepare the dowry money. I understood their fears. Many women who are married and go to their...

Nepal • 2 mins

All The Words I Know

Nepal

All The Words I Know

"I sell tea. But I also go to school. When I grow up and when I can read and write better, I am going to ask all the old and the young people here to gather and sit around me. Then I am going to give...

Nepal • 1 mins

What My Mother Taught Me

Nepal

What My Mother Taught Me

"I wanted to play with my girlfriends more than I wanted to go to school. I cannot blame my parents for not sending me to school. They did. When my father passed away I was 13 years old. I remember...

Nepal • 2 mins

Start a Dialogue

Nepal

Start a Dialogue

"The first question a lot of people ask me is if I know how to sing and dance. They attribute people with disabilities mostly with performance art. It is a stereotype used against people with...

Nepal • 3 mins

A Smart Daughter

Nepal

A Smart Daughter

"She is already very smart. Maybe a bit more than I am and that is what I want. A smart daughter. But the future seems difficult with all the competition. In the future, I want her to be happy. And...

Nepal • 1 mins

Join the Archival Journey

Receive weekly dispatches from the field—stories of resilience, tradition, and the changing landscape of Nepal delivered quietly to your inbox.

T