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"Father and mother had 7 children. A boy after 6 girls. For survival, they left home at dawn and wandered around the village asking for grains. If the rich of the village were generous, they would...

"I can carry a 100-kilo stone. And you ask about the baby.”

"We are like sisters. We are friends too. More friends than sisters but like sisters also. But definitely friends. And sisters."

"We keep no secrets with each other. If we did, how would we survive our difficult lives."

"I cannot remember where I threw my jacket. I remember my body heating and I remember screaming for my mother. Glimpses of my neighbors pouring water on me are still vivid. By the time I reached the...

"I do not have time to sit and idle about the meaning of life. Do I look like someone who has gone to school? Do I look like someone who has spare time to think about all these things? Now, do not...

"Today, I am a teacher at the community school in my village. I teach Social Studies to the 7th grade and I also help my fellow teachers handle students in Kindergarten. They can be difficult to...

“Right from the moment I started saving, I knew what I would use the money for. I had hidden my money from everyone else. It was important for me to save enough. The total amount I needed was 10...

"Fathers wives had passed away. And his daughters from them had married and left. There were no women to look after him and the other children so he married my mother. He was 60 and my mother 30. He...

"I brought back a bitter memory from Malaysia. I was working in one of the machines in the factory. That day, I had to mix chemicals and accidentally, I poured acid on my hand. The skin turned black...

"I have been waiting for my wife to come back home."

"I met an old man in Langtang. The earthquake had taken his house. He had no family, no money and no immediate support. To make things worse, he had cataract and was slowly going blind. He had...

"It is written that we all die, so why die shedding tears? Why not laugh and live instead? An advice from an old unread woman to you. Although, I do not know how correct I speak."

"Life is not easy for me. I barely make enough to survive. Sometimes, I sleep in my rickshaw and sometimes, I sleep in an abandoned area with men like me. Men who failed in life, men who failed their...

"I sit here all day and think of my friends, they are all gone. I miss my life."

"Look, boy, the kids are hungry. The mother has gone to the mill and it will be a while before she returns. If I stand here smiling for your camera, who is going the feed them. And what if they eat...