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Is Nothing

“In the end, it really is nothing. But you see, everyone is fighting for something when in the end you get nothing. And the sad thing about all this is you only realise it when you grow old and it's...

Published10 September 2015
Reading Time 1 mins
Author Stories of Nepal
Location Nepal
Is Nothing

“In the end, it really is nothing. But you see, everyone is fighting for something when in the end you get nothing. And the sad thing about all this is you only realise it when you grow old and it's...

“In the end, it really is nothing. But you see, everyone is fighting for something when in the end you get nothing. And the sad thing about all this is you only realise it when you grow old and it's too late to redo the things you finally regret. There is nothing to earn or take. You have heard this from the old hundreds of times but you only take it at heart when closer to death. That in the end, it really is nothing. And only after so many years and so much suffering, you wish you had done things differently, you wish you had thought of others more." (Ghan Bahadur Pariyaar, Bamgha, Gulmi)
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