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“After mother died, father married again. That was when all the troubles started for me and my only brother. My step mother was very cruel to us. She never fed us so we had to rely on whatever the...

"I was never a weak person. My parents were poor so when they grew old, all her sons left to make their own lives. But I could not leave my parents on their own. I could not see them suffer in their...

"I am a simple farmer. You tell me I am important, but if I was important everyone would know me. But no one does. I laugh alone and I cry alone. But it's okay, you have to have lunch at my place,...

"That day was just an ordinary day like any other. I remember there was a little drizzle. We were constructing a new kitchen because there was a lot of smoke in the old one. He was on it from the...

"I wan't to be a nurse. Not because I want to make money. I see too many sick people in my village. I want to help. But I am scared of needles." (Radhika Biswokarma, Ghumthang7, Sindhupalchok)

"My grandfather was a well known and respected figure in the village. He would lead religious processions and over his lifetime had acquired good will and property in and around the village. But my...

“We have to eat, no matter what. No matter how happy, how sad. No matter how rich, how poor. Fish tonight, hopefully, if you let me fish (laughs)." (Rapti River near Patiyani, Chitwan)

"It was very difficult growing up. My father would yell at me if I mentioned school. I was the eldest son, and I had to do all the hard work of the household. From going into the forest and...

"When has crying been of any use?" (Nuwakot)

"I could not go to school because I had to look after my six younger siblings. I remember, I was still young, and I had three younger siblings then, when I told my parents to stop having more...

"Twenty years ago, I fell down from a three storey building and broke my back. My lower body lost all senses. After the operation and several years of rehab, I could slowly walk. I work as a...

"I don't know how old my mother-in-law is. I don't think she knows either. Maybe she is a 100 years old. She still spins the yarn. To see her do her thing with such devotion, even at this age is...

"There is nothing we know, but we all act like we are all-knowing. What will unfold and what destiny we have for ourselves are not for us to decide. I have been taking care of the temple for many...

"When I was growing up, for many years, I didn't have slippers to wear. The skin on my feet was dead. My father was a poor farmer who relied on rain for crops. There were no fertilisers like today....

"My father married me to a little girl. She was 7. I was three or four times her age. Apparently, he had loaned a cow and the girls father could not repay him." (Ratmate, Nuwakot)

"My husband drank himself to death. He could never stop. I don’t think he tried. Or maybe he did. God knows. But I saw him shake every morning and every morning he continued drinking. His organs...