"My father left me this land. It is the only piece of property I have in these hills. And I have been farming this land for more than 40 years. It is like a friend who cannot speak. After I finish...
This was my last picture from Sindupalchowk. I spotted her standing away from the other kids. I approached her and tried making a conversation. When I asked her, "what do you want to be when you grow...
"Every mother has dreams for their children. You will only know that feeling when you have one. I want her to have everything that I didn’t. I want only happiness for her, not the struggles and...
"We only have one book so we sit together in class and we take turns when reading."_x000D_ - Met them on my way to Tsum, Gorkha
"If my family is happy I am happy, if they are sad I am sad. When my wife smiles, my daughter laughs and my mother give me blessings I feel like I am doing everything right. But sometimes I am short...
"I used to hear about condoms back then in FM stations. But it never occurred to me that I should use a condom during sex. My clients would sometime promise me more money if I had sex with them...
He was one of my friend in Pipaltaar, Nuwakot who accompanied me while I collected stories. In between, he would ask me if I would take his picture. And jokingly I had said, 'let’s see'. I could see...
“After his mother died, I try to spend time with him as much as I can. My mother also died when I was little. He asks me about his mother and I have been making excuses. I have run out of answers....
“The most difficult thing is life is not being able to be who you truly are. Especially when being who you are challenges the notions of society. I always knew my soul was of a female. I always felt...
Do you have any regrets?_x000D_ “I never got a chance to go to school. I had to help my mother with the household. And I learned many things from helping her. Also from taking care of my siblings,...
"My father tells me that a long time ago, the soil of this place was extremely dry. During summer, the heat wave would would bring in diseases like cholera and malaria and many people died...
What do you like about each other?_x000D_ "His good habits."_x000D_ "His good habits."_x000D_ _x000D_ - Dev Kumar Rajdhani & Ayush Khadka, Met them in Nagpokhari, Naxal, Kathmandu
"After she was born, every evening before sunset, I go to the back of the house and put aside offering to the gods. I sit there and in silence I pray."_x000D_ What do you pray for?_x000D_ “I ask god...
Almost a dozen kids were sleeping during recess in the classroom at the primary school in Gerckhutaar, Nuwakot. She was the class teacher there. After her permission I started taking pictures of the...
“We have been there for each other from childhood - in happiness and in sorrow.”_x000D_ _x000D_ - Sanu Kanchi Tamang & Muiya Acharya, Agitaar, Nuwakot
His little sister was chasing him with a mug of water. For some reason she wanted to pour the water over his head. But he kept getting away. She got tired and after a while disappointedly gave up....
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