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(Part 1/3) "I turned 14 this year. It was after many years of silence that I had the courage to run. And it was my own family I ran away from. I left without anyone knowing. By the time some of my...

(Part 2/3) "When the abuse did not stop, the pain I had inside my heart became too much to bear. I could go to the police. But what kind of daughter would I be to go to the police against my own...

(Part 3/3) "Until that moment, I did not realize that there was help. I did not know that there were laws that could protect me. Maybe because I was too young and it was far from the reaches of my...

(Part 1/2) "We met online and exchanged phone numbers. I was naive. I was young. I judged people according to the way they spoke to me. And he was well mannered. We had exchanged numbers and we would...

(Part 2/2) "My fear was real. He was a different person than he had portrayed to be. I felt cheated. I felt deceived. I told him, "I will return to my parents if he continued his ways." He said that...

(Part 1/3) "The last nine years have been difficult for me. It was 9 years ago I got married and left my parent's home in Taplejung to come to my husband's home in this district. I never came across...

(Part 2/3)"…It is difficult to see the wounds of the heart than the wounds of the body. What kinds of words do you use to explain yourself? I could never express myself fully with anyone for a long...

(Part 3/3) “My husband abandoned me. He left me with me at the mercy of his family. I do know where he went. Although I have found out that he has been talking to his mother, he has chosen to stay...

"I really do not know when my father and I grew apart. I think it was after I started following a certain lifestyle. I love tattoos and piercings but my father never approved of it. I think every...

(Part 1/2) "Mother had lost a daughter and a son. Her daughter lived for a few years while her son for a few months. Born the third child and living beyond mother’s expectations, I became a mother’s...

(Part 2/2) "I must have been 20 then. I had returned home to find that in rage, father had beaten up a man who subsequently died. He had acted on an ill rumor and under the influence of alcohol. He...

"I was also orphaned when I was very small. I do not remember my mother nor do I have any pictures or memories to remember her by. I remember glimpses of father's face but it is also very vague. I...

(Part 1/3) "I had 4 brothers but all of them have passed away. One could not survive cholera. One was killed during the conflict when the army open fired on a Maoist gathering in our school. He was...

(Part 2/3) "I somehow completed my school leaving certificate. It was all because father let me go to school. I have seen a lot of my friends who got married very young and were not able to go to...

(Part 3/3) “The one thing I make sure is that his books and his morning snack are ready on time in the morning. Just so that he is not late when the school bus is here. I would not want him to miss...

(Part 1/2) "It was a love marriage. We went to the same school. We were all friends. We were not shy with each other. He was a simple man. He was never into drugs or cigarettes. He had a difficult...