(1/2) "My son was a good boy. He had recently turned 14 and he was studying in class 8. He was a good boy, a good person. He was always ready to help people and the society. He was the kind of person...
"My wife was going to give birth any moment. But I had no money, not a single rupee in my pocket. I had managed to get a small loan and use that for her care during her pregnancy. But it had run out...
"Whatever she says, I do."_x000D_ (Hatiya 6, Sankhuwasabha)
"The security personnels shot and killed one of my sons during the insurgency. Later, he was blamed for being a Maoist rebel, he was not. He was my son. From that day, I cannot express the feelings...
"Getting drinking water to households is the biggest challenge around this area. If you look around you will see water everywhere as rivers and streams. And it rains all the time in this area. But...
"I would do anything for her to be happy. Anything."_x000D_ "Me too."_x000D_ (Syangla Bhote with his daughter, Barun, Sakhnuwasabha)
"All my family died to a disease. I do not know what happened. It could be measles. In a duration of 5 days I lost my 6 sons, my wife and my mother. I was left with only one daughter. I would cry all...
"We moved here, in this land, because the landslide after the earthquake took our house. Recently, we started a small shop here, selling tea, alcohol, noodles and rice. Because I was not sent to...
As I was talking to her mother, she took me by hand to this spot to have her picture taken. And her mother yelled from behind, 'She put on those clothes for the picture!'. (Barun, Sankhuwasabha)
"I remember my mother had broken her arm. And from that day I had to look after the house. Mother could not do the household work and so it became my responsibility. That was the end of school for...
“OK bro, take good picture of us. And bro, upload it in facebook. Wah, haha, let me see, great one bro, you good bro.” (Pathibhara, Sankhuwasabha)
"I want to complete school and do good things."_x000D_ What good things would you want to do?_x000D_ "Everything. Except getting married. I am only fifteen."_x000D_ (Gayatri Kumari Rawal, Meltadi,...
“We are old, so we moved out of the house to make space for my son and his family. He is among four who survived. Six died. That year everyone in the village died. Young men, old men, and all women....
"I am very simple person for a photograph, but do take my picture. This will be the 2nd photograph I have had taken in my life. One was for my citizenship. Maybe you can tell me what you capture. Do...
"All my life, I worked for my master. Looking after his house, animals and family and working in his fields. For our labor we would receive some ration. My father worked for his father. And my...
"I come from a Dalit family and my father is a wise man. He was in the police for some time and when he travelled he saw. He saw how those who had gone to school had prospered in the society. When he...
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