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"I nearly burnt my house down because I forgot to turn off the oven in excitement to go pick him up at the airport." (Himal & Radha Gurung, Pokhara)

"I was coming back from work when I heard the news about the gang rape. I don’t know how to describe the feeling. It was like swallowing hot coal. I rushed to the president's house with a few friends...

"I was born in Shillong and it was nice to women. In many cases women were the heads of the family. I landed in Delhi to find work and everything changed. I started getting all kind of name calling....

"From early childhood, my true love was for the boats. I started working in a hotel from the early age of 10 as father didn't have money to send me to school. Tourists would come in an go and as a...

"I have travelled to 71 out of the 75 districts and all the way from Mechi to Mahakali, alone in my wheelchair, to raise my voice for equal rights for people with disabilities in the new...

"They say, it's a witch or tuna muna (black magic) that causes the pain in my eye. But I still have to collect firewood." (Gyanu Sapkota, Pokhara)

"They don't let me sit in sadness. The younger comes, pulls my arm and says, 'Ama, please smile, please smile.' The elder is always jumping around." (Meghauli, Chitwan)

"Why talk about hardships? That is always there. Let us talk about things that are fun."_x000D_ Sure Dai. Please do tell me what keeps you happy?_x000D_ "A nice glass of tea."_x000D_ (Ramduni Chowk,...

"I remember I cried for a book. My mother had taken it away and given it to my brother." (Dil Kumari Mahato, Meghauli, Chitwan)

"I cannot reveal many things, for the past was different. Almost completely opposite to how I live life now. I will just say it was a risky life, away from social norms and responsibilities. But I...

Is there anything else you want to share with me, Didi?_x000D_ "I have told you I am a poor farmer. But I also want to tell you that I am a happy farmer. And...(long pause)"_x000D_ And?_x000D_ "And...

"My father was a poor hardworking farmer. We grew everything. I remember a coin fall off my father's pouch and I had picked it up and given it to him. I had asked him what it was and he had told me...

"I have some farming land. I leave home at 7 and return at 5. I work all day, everyday. Sometimes 12 hours a day. Strange how we must do the task of eating, if nothing else. But I have no desire for...

"He lived nearby."_x000D_ "She would look at me and laugh."_x000D_ "No, he would stare at me, with big eyes."_x000D_ "One day we ran away and got married."_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ (Jay Magar & Santi...

"She pulls me by my hand and brings me to school every morning. I sit by her side in the classroom and watch her learn A,B,C,D." (Ghumthang, Sindhupalchowk)

Today in the Nepali Times​._x000D_ _x000D_ "Stories of Nepal​ creator recently travelled to the Tarai in search of tales of how peope in the plains are coping with the crisis."_x000D_...