"Father denied me school. Mother kept silent. So today, it is hard for me to deal with numbers. Sometimes, I return more money to the customer. I only realize it after they have left. And then, I...
"I do not know if I will get any opportunity to have my picture taken later in my life. So I am wearing everything I have."
_x000D_ _x000D_ "No matter how many stories he tells you, no matter how old those are, I am in all of them. He might just forget to mention." (Nil Kumari Parajuli with husband Ranjit Parajuli, Gadi...
Sometimes, I just record silence. Sometimes, silence is the story. (Lekhnath, Kaski)
"Father died. Mother died. The diseases do not have pity for the poor. I was tired of working as a servant for the big people of the village. And when everything became unbearable, I left for India....
"I am in a bit of a hurry, take your picture and find someone to talk to, yes? If I stall here, when I reach home to an upset wife, my story will end right there." (Near Juphal, Dolpa)
"Ask questions later, sit down, let me take a look at you. It has been a long time anyone visited this house." (Hatiya 4, Sankhuwasabha)
"This is how it is. I was never able to go to school. Let us just say this is how it is, our society, from a very long time ago. They called me, 'You Kaami, stay away. You Kaami, walk the other road...
"All my sons died. All four of them. I remember them all the time. This woman finds a corner and spends her day crying, cursing her fate. They said sacrifice chickens, they said do not sacrifice...
"I do not remember mother. Father raised me and my sisters and my brothers. He was simple of heart. And knew only of farming and the beasts. But he raised us. Fed us, looked after us. It must have...
"I have spent 18 long years of my life working for a foreign country. I wanted to go to college, I understood father’s predicament. He was a poor farmer feeding all of us. And as a son, I could not...
"You ask for my story. What is a story of a poor man? You tell me. Or there maybe many. Do I tell you about my life? But a poor man has more life than a rich man and a poor man has more stories than...
"You would not understand what we were talking about even if we told you. See, you are from the city and your words, when you speak, are different. You have to live in the villages for many years...
"My mood was kinda down recently. My friend noticed and he asked me if I was okay. I said I was upset because of what's happening in the world. And, he laughed. You know, he was like "Really?" He...
"My dad grew up in the villages of Nepal and moved to Kathmandu later. My mom grew up in small town Minnesota. And in her twenties she was doing a lot of traveling and she went to Europe, doing all...
"My first job in the US, when I first came, thirteen years ago, was at a liquor store. This big guy came in and asked me for some bottle of alcohol and I just could not understand what he was saying....
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