"My Fufu had colon cancer. She was very close to me, loved me. A typical Limbuni, both stern and fun. Very clean and organized. She'd prepare lunch in just 30 mins. When I see people hurting and I am...
"One day a man came to me asking for help. "Sir, I am sick and I have no money to return to my village in Nuwakot." He showed me a bad cut in the right side of his abdomen. When I saw his condition,...
"That day at the hospital bed, I had decided I was going to make certain changes to my life. Cancer has made me reflect upon my actions. It may have inflicted many restrictions on me, but I am not...
"After my third operation of the thyroid cancer, the doctors still weren't able to give me a definite answer. One thing they could agree upon was that the radiotherapy isotopes weren't working, so...
"I want him to stay put but he just wants to run off and play."_x000D_ "I want to play but he just wants me to stay put."
"I cannot handle people's suffering. When I see someone in need, I feel their sorrow like it was mine. Even though I have very little, all I think about is giving what I have to the ones in need, the...
"My father brought home a new wife when I was young and my mother was left without any support. I saw her cry many times and her life was filled with hardships. To raise us. To feed us. From when I...
"If I can't afford what he asks for, I will start telling him a story to distract him" (Bishnu Lal Shrestha w/ his son Bishal Shrestha. Met him in Basantapur, Kathmandu)
"One day, coming back from the fields, a lightening struck me in the head and I collapsed right there. They took me to the hospital and somehow I didn't die. When I lived through that, I think I can...
"I am going to fix my wheels and play."_x000D_ Where will you go?_x000D_ "All the places."
“Every morning I come here with my Tanga and wait for customers. But there are many Tangas and getting a passenger can be difficult at times. Sometimes they come, sometimes I have to wait. Sometimes...
A farmer working in the fields even with a sprained arm.
"Even at 6 months, he wouldn’t sit still. I used to look at him, amazed at his energy and think, 'When he grows up, he is going to be really active'. He used to walk and almost run at such small age....
"I am old and shy. If you insist, and you have called me mother." (Alau Kuniya, Parsa)
"Every time I went to the train station to buy goods, I would see him, quietly sitting by the corner. He wouldn't be begging. I heard a few people say that one day he just arrived there and has been...
"Because of the excess water, the paddy is of no more use. But only to seal my leaking roof.” (Majir Miya, Ram Gadwa, Birgunj)
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