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"I watch my father come here and play his guitar on his own. From a distance it's hard for me to hear what songs he is playing, but I know this is his own special time of the day, away from family...

"I don't want to go to school so I set my book on fire."_x000D_ Why don't you want to go to school?_x000D_ "Because I am afraid of my teacher."_x000D_ Why?_x000D_ "Sometimes he gets mad and beats us...

“I am trying to find my lost goat. This is the second one that has gone missing this month.They say it’s a bad omen to lose goats. They also say Cui residuo tale del in la differenza tra il cialis e...

“Travel is the discovery of truth; an affirmation of the promise that human kind is far more beautiful than it is flawed. With each trip comes a new optimism that where there is despair and hardship,...

“You wanna shoot penalties. We will kick your butt. You are too fat for us and you are limping.”_x000D_ - Puzan Shrestha, Suresh Gurung & Bibek Sunar, Arughat, Gorkha District

“In a bad day, all you can do is smile. Look at life and say, _x000D_ “I know your tricks”. Giving up is not a solution but walking_x000D_ away sure can be.”_x000D_ _x000D_ - Sundani Ghale, Yaru...

“No one has the right to take out their frustrations on someone else. Everyone is going through their own struggles in life. In a society like ours where alcohol is socially accepted, I see a lot of...

"I wish I could take a day off."_x000D_ - Kaila Gurung, Eklebhatti, Gorkha District

"I always tell me brother to stay home. He is young and I don't want him to carry the load. But he insists on helping me.”_x000D_ How much do you carry everyday?_x000D_ "I carry up to 30 Kilos and my...

"We have been farming all our lives. My wife convinced me that maybe we should build a hotel since there were tourist coming in. All is very new to me. But the coming year definitely marks a new...

What’s the one thing you regret in your life?_x000D_ “I regret running away from the army. Everyone was asleep that cold night when I ran away from the then Royal Nepal Army’s training camp. I was 17...

"I wonder where that sun came from.- Biraj Gurung, Met him in Salleri, Gorkha District

"During winters we run out of supplies. Food becomes scarce and there is hardly anyone here except for us old monks."_x000D_ Don't you climb down for better conditions?_x000D_ "This is where we have...

“You want to hear a story. I will tell you a story as told by my mother. When I was born I did not move or laugh or cry. Whispers spread in the room about a still born. But after a few minutes, I...

"Wait! Let me strike a pose."_x000D_ _x000D_ - Pasang Lama, Met him at a school in Racchen Gompa, Chekampar, Gorkha District

“As it was coming down a tree, it saw us. We both wanted to run but couldn’t move. It looked at us, roared and disappeared into the jungle. We froze there and looked at each other and then he asked...