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"His mother could not run away from the earthquake. His little sister was with her too. He is with me now." (Mana Maya Didi with her grandson Biswas, Ghumthang, Sindhupalchowk)

"My father worked for the rich of the village. He died poor. And I could not go to school. The government didn't help. The society didn't help. So I am still poor. And it looks like this is how it...

"I don't know about passion as such. I am just waiting, to see where my heart finds it's place." (Ashish Subedi, Chabahil, Kathmandu)

I conclude the Bhalam, Kaski series with this post, but before I start sharing stories from elsewhere, I just want to say that I brought back a lot of memories from this trip. The lunch at Tika Dai &...

"I know how to fix things, like a leaking pipe or a broken bulb. So I do these little chores around the village every time I am back from my teaching job in Baglung. But I decline money. It is just...

What's your favourite thing to do?_x000D_ "Laugh."

"My son volunteers as a health assistant in the Gandaki Hospital. It has been 10 months now. He left early in the morning today. Sometimes he does the day shift and sometimes the overnight shift. He...

"There is nothing special for me to share with you. I never took things very seriously. Really. I am just a normal happy farmer." (Khada Nanda Acharya, Harisiddhi, Kaski)

"My husband's body returned from Qatar, 7 years ago. Every day, I use to received blank calls from him, 3 times a day. That was his way of communicating and saying he is doing fine. Phone calls were...

"He has come back from Oman after two years. Can you please hurry with your questions?" (Archana Thapa, Bhalam, Kaski)

"Thinking of the old day tears my heart. When my son was born I didn't get any time to rest nor any sympathy from my in-laws. I was cutting grass on the third day. What would I do? The animals would...

Ama, let me ask you one last question. You have see life. You have seen birth and death. You have married, and given birth and seen your children grow and get married. You have seen your...

"My father longed for a son. When my brother died, they say my uncles started eyeing his property. He wanted an heir and daughters at the time were considered as the property of the husband and the...

"I don't remember much of my father. He died when I was 5. But I remember the house would be full. It was a mixed family with several uncles and aunts and their children. And the cow didn't give...

"His body had started swelling and I took him to the doctor. I already knew something was wrong. I think even he understood the damage all the drinking had done to his body. His kidneys stopped...

"My friends would warn me against my decision. They would say, 'What are you doing? He will sell you to a brothel.' But I was in love like a mad person and those kind of things didn't occur to me. So...