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"It is hard to remember the days of youth. The fresh green vegetation and the brook are all that are vivid. Everything else feels like a very distant memory. And this old age - a long stretch of...

"To take care of your family is the most rewarding thing on life. I have been a daughter, wife, mother, mother-in-law and now I am going to be a grandmother. What pleasure will one seek besides...

I would listen to the sound of my walking stick, witness myself breath just to stay in the moment and not dwell too much on how much I had to walk. I would almost give up, but next hundred steps and...

Do you like Angry Birds?_x000D_ "I don't know what that is."_x000D_ How about Armani?_x000D_ "What is that?"_x000D_ Are your brothers?_x000D_ "No. Best friends."_x000D_ _x000D_ Bishnu Dhakal with...

What is your name?_x000D_ "Sita Chaudhary."_x000D_ And your kids?_x000D_ "Sajiwan Sahani, Sachin Sahani & Subash Sahani. It's their father's last name."_x000D_ Didn't you take your husband's last...

"The fishes are scarce these days, so the men of the house have given up fishing and found job as manual laborers. We took up fishing so that we could make extra money." - Hatani Majhi, Baisakhia...

Where is your father ?"He is in Bhaktapur working. He is a bricklayer."But your handout says your parents passed away.Mumbles.Where do you live?_x000D_ "I live with my grandmother in...

"Everyone has their own faith. You practice yours and I practice mine and we should all just get along." - Met her in Ranipokhari, Kathmandu.

In the summer of 2013, on my way to Rika Bhairab, I met this little boy racing with this friends wheeling his bicycle tyre. This time he had won and celebrating. I can still picture his face. Dry...

As per the village folklore, a monk after painting the Thangka at the monastery in Ghami apparently had his hand cut off so that he could not replicate his masterpiece. The decapitated hand still...

"And love is smiling through all things."_x000D_ _x000D_ - Mer her in Suryabinayak, Bhaktapur

"I come across many people everyday in my business. It amuses me to see so many with misdirected ego. It is such a waste of energy. For me, it's humility and hard work that pay off in the long...

"Being the only son, everyday I am faced with responsibilities of the family. Sometimes I feel lost. How about my life, my freedom and the things that I want for myself. But I know my family needs me...

"The sense of returning home brings joy that one cannot describe. I have been walking for the last two weeks. This uphill battle is not damping my spirits as I am getting closer to home and my...

"Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?"_x000D_ _x000D_ The chanting of the monk overpowered the house where I met this girl. It was the puja...

"This is my second life. By this time I would already have started drinking. My relationship with my family and friends were turning sour because of my drinking. I see so many homeless alcoholics...