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(Part 2/2) "The first time he saw our son was only after he returned 3 years later. We were both very happy to have him back. He had also applied for his license and bought a second-hand passenger...

(Part 1/2) " 'I will go get grass. Please prepare food and look after our son', was what he said before he left that day. Cutting grass was something that he did on a daily basis, after all, we need...

(Part 2/2) "He was only 26 years old when he died. We were the same age. We were from the same village. Ours was a love marriage. We grew up together playing in the same river. I saw him, he saw him...

(Part 1/3) "I got married when I was 16. I had grown taller than the other girls in the village. It is not the age they look at. The way I looked determined if I was old enough to get married. So I...

(Part 2/3) "After the first year of our marriage, my husband went to Malaysia. He got sick with Jaundice and the company relieved him of his duties so he had to return home. He had bought some money...

(Part 3/3) "We had gone back to the village during the Dashain festival. He chose to stay back in Surkhet. I requested that we all go to visit the village but he declined. He started talking about...

(Part 1/3) "Our daughter had gone missing for 15 days. We searched everywhere. We asked everyone. We found out later they had married in a temple. And it was not our place to tell her new husband,...

(Part 2/3) “When her son was 6 months old, her husband came to visit. He told us that he was leaving for India to find work. 'I will go and work for some time. I will call you regularly. I will earn...

(Part 3/3) "One day, as usual, I had gone to collect grass for the buffaloes. When I returned home and called out on my daughter there was no answer. When I went into the bedroom, I saw her. I...

"She is my granddaughter. I have looked after her since she was 9 months old. I am her mother and I am her father. 'What happened?', you will ask. My daughter became a widow not long after marriage....

(Part 2/2) "After that day, my life changed. I stayed with her all the time. Cleaning her, feeding her and providing her what she needed to survive. I was still very worried that she was going to die...

(Part 1/2) "My daughter died of Pneumonia. We rushed her to Kalagaun and then to the hospital in Nepalgunj. There the money ran out and so did her life. My granddaughter was only 45 days old when she...

(Part 3/3) "These children are my everything. I am very happy that my son is going to Kopila Valley School. The sirs and madams there came to look at my house and decided to help me. But I still have...

(Part 2/3)"When I returned home from India, I had saved some money. With that, I was able to get married. I was only 16 then. No one told me that I was too young. And I did not have the maturity....

(Part 1/3) "I do not remember father. I was too young to remember when he died. But I have memories of mother. During those times when someone was sick, it was normal to summon the Dhamis and...

"I was struggling to carry the heavy sack of wheat up to the cliff. A few men had already passed me by but no one had stopped to offer me help. He was the one who did. Back in the day, he was very...