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"I am a simple farmer and I received the most basic education. But the whole situation is very confusing. Now, the government and the big politicians have been saying that they have given every...

"Everyone said we were the best couple. He would tease me and call me by different names. He was young. Just 25. When my second son was born he was so happy. He would say, "We will sell tea and I...

“I told him not to go to the protests but he wouldn’t listen. He would say, 'Look Budi, if I don’t go and fight for our rights who will?' That day, after lunch, he left without telling me anything. I...

"The village committee said my house was built in a community forest and it had to be demolished. We have lived there for many generations so naturally, I got furious and told them anyone who comes...

"When father had a hair cut it meant he got paid. So you know his money disappeared sometimes. Not all but some. And I got kicked for that a few times. With that money I got sweets for my girlfriend....

"I lived a very dangerous life. One that was full of alcohol and drugs. I have been admitted to hospitals, suffered from severe DTs, and my liver had almost caved in. The doctors had warned me...

"When I first saw my sister, she was already 10. I didn't even know her name. I felt sad and happy at the same time. Raised in prison and an orphanage, away from society and a loving family, she was...

"They found my mother the next day, hiding in the nearby forest. They say she was talking to herself when they found her. The villagers took her to the police along with my newborn sister. For the...

"I would hear the villagers whisper behind my back. It would be about my mother. I remember, I had come back from school and asked her for some food. But instead, she started throwing the ashes from...

"I was thirteen when I got married, and she was a year older. I fell in love with her instantly. My first love. Since I was the only son, I had no one to play with so we became very close friends. It...

"The last drop of petrol is dry. So I just somehow dumped my taxi in the garage, and came here to watch people come and go. You tell me what can a marginalised person like me do to change the...

"I felt really detached from everyone when my daughter was born. It was a cesarean delivery so the lower half of my body was senseless because of the epidural. When they took her out, I only got one...

"He is my relatives' son. And I am just a guest in his house. I visit them when I come to Nepal. His father leaves early morning to the fields and his mother is busy with the household. But every...

"I am working towards becoming a photo journalist. It is for my mother. They tell me that one reason my mother died was because of my father's drinking. He didn't directly kill her. But my sisters...

"Recently, during a guest lecture on professional skills for undergraduate students, I dropped the F-bomb."_x000D_ What happened?_x000D_ "It gets to me when I see uninspired youth. And I can't teach...

"My father never really cared about my education. Mother would make sure I got a pair of uniform for school, which she would pay by selling home-brew. It would really disturb me to see my mother toil...