All Stories

"It was evening, could have been a Tuesday or a Wednesday. Like everyday, after a long day at work, I had boarded the subway home. I saw a white guy and a black guy arguing and in no time they were...

"From a very young age I was told not to have dreams. I was told that to dream big was foolish. Dreams were not for people like us. I come from a broken family. Mother worked all kinds of jobs while...

"Even though, I was born and raised in Kathmandu, I never felt I belonged. My dad is from Bihar. And even in school, we had people call us Dhoti. My parents speak Bhojpuri while we were growing up....

"I was impulsively all over the place. A wild kid always getting into trouble, always involved, who couldn’t pinpoint the exact cause of her troubles. I felt inexplicably borderline depressive....

(2/2)"Even though things can be stressful at work, he is our common joy. He keeps us bonded. Our extended family is in Nepal and we worry that his exposure to technology than to people will make him...

(1/2)"I had returned back to Nepal after a few months of stay in New York. The first few weeks here, and I knew this place for not for me. I knew I was going back home. After I returned, I started...

"I learnt it from a very young age that human beings are very selfish. Some of us are more selfish than others. We are very calculated. I saw a lot of that after my parents passed away. Everyone was...

"It is not a big story and maybe not even an important one. You would do it if you were in my place. I just helped a kid near my college with his stationary. I bought him a few books and notebooks....

"It was only after I became a mother, I truly understood what love is." (Laxmi Adhikari, Mugling, Chitwan)

"Father died of drinking, a few years after mother died. Maybe, he could not bear the tragedy. He drank everyday. If I sit to remember him, I do not find fond memories. He sold everything. In a short...

Dai, where are you going?_x000D_ "I don't know." (Mugling, Chitwan)

"I have been singing in the streets for the last 15 years. When I was younger, I would follow my father wherever he went. Back in those days there were fewer buses in the highway so father would find...

"All I remember of my childhood is herding sheep. 7 lots of 20. I think that makes 140 sheep. It was a hard life in the hills of Dolakha, but we never went hungry. I never saw school. So maybe that...

"I was two months pregnant when her father left home looking for work. I endured a lot during my pregnancy. There is no road to my village and it is several hours walk from the highway, so it was...

"I am a single mother of two. And it has not been easy. After he left, he stopped all financial support. I single-handedly bore all the responsibilities to raise them. I made sure my children got the...

"I have spent my entire life on the highway as a bus driver. The moment I got in my seat and had the steering in my hands, I felt some sort of power. And for many years I drove. Good roads and bad...