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"Now I am ready for your picture. When you came to my house this morning I had just woken up. And I don’t want my husband to see me like that on Facebook. I don’t want him to think ‘oh, my wife is...

"I was 9 months pregnant with her when he left for Malaysia to find work. He had to. What else do I say?" (Roshni Gurung, Laprak, Gorkha)

"Whatever she says is the final word around the house." (Maan Bahadur 'Ghamsi' Gurung & Dhumni Gurung, Laprak, Gorkha)

"Everyone knows me around here. And I am not showing off. You can ask by my name and you will find out. Ask for 'Gamsi of Laprak' and they will know. I have walked around these hills forever. I am...

"When I was small, I really wanted to go to school. I did not have any books or pencils. My parents would tell me not to waste my time at school. They would say, 'You are a girl, stay at home and...

"We never fought in our lives. Not even once. When my house fell down during the earthquake, I felt helpless. I wished he was here. Two days later he was here. When I saw him, I got up and we started...

"Let's just say, I am happy that I am breathing." (Mallal Gurung, Laprak, Gorkha)

"My father worked as the messenger for the villagers, they call such person a "Katuwal". After he passed away I was appointed the Katuwal by the village committee. My work involves walking around the...

I handed over the collected money to Duth Kumari Baini and stepped outside in the sun to join her father for tea. I remembered I had forgotten my camera and ducked in to collect it. This was when I...

"What else is there to life, except for cooking, looking after the house, the animals and the family for a village woman like me. Sometimes I spend a bit more money and cook some food that everyone...

"My father built this house more than half a century ago. It was a good house. Even the bricks were handmade, using the clay of this land. The woods cut with axes and saw. Too much sweat and blood...

"We sit around, invite neigbours and talk about our sorrows, of what is lost and what is left for us to be happy." (Barpak, Gorkha)

"When they dug me out from the rubble and carried me home, I saw my son next to my shoulders and I started crying. Just to see my family again gave me hope. I am happy I am alive. I dont have my hand...

"I was trapped in the rubble for 7 hours. I would hear footsteps and people talking from above. I screamed for help but no one could hear me. I was breathing all the dust. Everything around me was...

“My father worked as a postman all his life, delivering messages and letters to the people of the village. Though it might not be a big job but I think it is an important job. I too want to become a...

"Mother had saved money for me by sacrificing her own dreams. There must have been things that she would have wanted to do for herself. After all her life has been difficult. She deserved some...