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"I am going to the temple to offer water to god. To make him happy."_x000D_ Why do you want to make god happy?_x000D_ "Then, maybe he will have a change of heart and make us happy too."_x000D_ (Raj...

"I do not know when the water started filling up. I had heard the villagers talk about the rising water level in the Khado Khola. But what would I know of floods, when they come and when they go....

"I spent half of my life in the hills. I was an agriculture technician appointed by the government office. And my duties involved helping farmers with their crops, giving them guidance on how to...

"I drove a Fork Lane while I was in Saudi. I was good at it and my employers were happy with me. But their happiness meant that they were getting the work done with as little money as possible....

"I am still not done for the day. Work is never ending for a women. But men easily go to sleep." (Mustang, Nepal)

"Nothing ever changed when I cried, so I decided I was going to laugh instead."

To get the key to the box was the most difficult thing I have done in my life. Back then, we had one room and everyone slept in the same room. Father hung the key in a rope he wore around his neck.

I want to make sure that my children and their children will still get to wear our traditional dresses and jewellery that I get to wear during festivals.

"I have acted in 3 movies. And I have sung many songs. For other people who come as guests and when lonely, for myself. And I like dancing too. I know my skin is getting darker and my back stooping...

"I come from a very remote place in Nepal, from the base of the Makalu Mountain. My father and mother were simple farmers. There was a very informal learning centre at our village and as a small kid...

"I am only because she is." (Kesh Man Gurung & Sunita Gurung, Besisahar, Lamjung)

"13 years ago, my husband fell from the seventh floor of a building while installing a water tank. He sustained injury in the spinal cord and was wheelchair bound. With no one in the family with a...

"I did not think much when I ran away from home to India. I was only 13. It was just fun and games with a few of us kids. When I returned home after a few years, father and mother cried tears of joy....

I am also a honey hunter, you might just see me on National Geography if you watch closely.

"I have been useful all my life. Now that I am old, I do not want to be called useless. So I find one thing or the other to do."

I was able to take one more picture of Pyari Ama before she headed to the fields and for the last few days, I have been looking at this picture several times in a day. I have also been reflecting...