Lalindar Yadav Bagara, Mahottari
“I like spending time with the animals in the shade. Wash them, milk them, dry them, things like that. Sometimes when I get bored, I also make small talk with them. Unlike some men and women who come for milk, they do not lose their patience easily. They do not humiliate me or laugh at me. I also like making jokes to lighten up everyone mood around here. You see, people can be grumpy in this heat. It would be no fun if all the milkmen just milked the cow and went home. Last week, I laughed so hard at my own joke that I fell down and broke my tooth. For a while, I had to stop laughing.”