(Part 4/4) "She treats me like her own elder sister. It was her idea to teach me English. That day, when she showed me the sun and the stars on her laptop, I could not believe what I was seeing. She...
"Sitting with you and talking about my life will risk me the money I can make. In that time, I can patch a few pairs of trousers. And when the customers come and I don't have the trousers ready, what...
"We have walked all our lives. Mostly barefoot. We will only stop walking after we die."
"I was only 10 years old when I lost my eye. I had found an attractive iron object while foraging for firewood. When I gave it to mother she had asked, "It must be a kilo, I will use it for...
(Part 1/3) "Mother and father had no hidden wealth. We were Kamaiyas and Kamlaris. They worked for the landlords of the community. That is how they ate and that is how they fed us. They would not get...
(Part 2/3) "Time passed and relatives brought home a young man to meet me. He was a good man. He told me about his small house. He told me he could read and write and that he also taught children in...
(Part 3/3) "They were maybe 40-50 of them in army fatigue. They had already surrounded the house. Somehow they were able to take him out of the house. I fought with them for almost 2 hours. I tried...
(Part 1/2) "That day I missed my husband like never before. That day I cried like never before. I held on to the bullet wound in my daughter’s chest. I tried to wrap a sari around it. I was yelling...
(Part 2/2) "The death of my daughter remained hidden from me for almost 4 years. I was away from home, toiling to make ends meet while trying to save some money to send it to my wife back home. On...
The Stories of Nepal Covid-19 Relief Fund was set up originally to support daily wage workers in the Kathmandu Valley with food parcels and essential supplies. As your generous donations continued to...
"Many decades ago my wife left me. She must be in heaven. She has left two daughters who visit me sometimes. Many decades and the earth has also changed. But her memories still come to me every day."
"Working the earth is not a problem, this where we came from and this is where we will go."
“A long time ago, we eloped because we knew in our hearts that our families would not accept our decision. And because we had fallen in love and living life without each other was something that both...
“When mother died, I had to borrow money from the landlord for the funeral rites which are very elaborate and lasted for many weeks. I had to arrange grains and bring Lamas from four different...
"Father lives up in the moors herding Yaks and for a while, I lived with him too. One day, he had summoned me. He said, “I am going to move from here, the grass lacks goodness and the Yaks do not...
"You do not need money to smile at people. You need heart."
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