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What is the one thing personal to you in the context of being a Nepali that you want to be heard ?_x000D_ _x000D_ " Being Nepali is more than just being Gorkhalee, It is not only Deusi and Bhailo...

" We are brothers. And I cannot leave him alone. My parents left him home for me to take care of him. Last time he nearly fell from the roof of our house. I am scared to leave him wander the village...

" He is the youngest student in Charang Sheduk Dhar Keling (Charang Monastery). His name is Sagar Magar but his Tibetan name is Nawang Chering. He is Six."_x000D_ _x000D_ And the gong?_x000D_ _x000D_...

"Today I plan to play cards with my friends because they say it's Dashain. All the old Lamas have closed the school and gone on holidays so there is no one to find out."_x000D_ _x000D_ Do you have...

"There are around 50 horses in my stud. Sometimes it goes up to 75 if someone asks me to take their horses out with mine. This one's called Sete and is very obedient but shy. It can carry up to 100...

"I learn English, Nepali, Maths and Tibetan language here at the monastery. "_x000D_ _x000D_ What's your favorite?_x000D_ _x000D_ "English"_x000D_ Tenzin Lama, Lama at the Kag Chode Thupten Samphel...

"I don't allow foreigners to enter my house and take pictures. I have young daughters you know. But you are Nepali, you are our people."_x000D_ _x000D_ Rinzen Gurung, Lo Manthang Resident — in Lo...

"Earned a lot of religion, but not money."_x000D_ " धर्म कमायो, तर पैसा कमाएन "_x000D_ _x000D_ Oangdi Gurung, Monk turned The Great Himalayan Trail Guide

"It's been twenty years I'm here. My parent's are in Kagbeni. I have two daughters and one son. It's hard here when the supplies and the medicines run out. There's less than 20 people here during...

"I'll have to deliver the tourist's bedding to Jomsom today. I do it so that I can make some money for my education and food. I am in class 11 and I study commerce. I save Rs. 250 per trip. (Approx....

"The idea of walking the trails with complete abandonment, from destinations to destinations is really something."_x000D_ _x000D_ Yasodha Gauchan, Avid Trekker

"Today's my turn to take the sheep to pasture. I give my elder brother a break every alternate day. I doubt there are any sheep in Nepal. I want to go to Nepal but I don't think I can find a...

What's one thing you really like about yourself ?_x000D_ "I never quit."_x000D_ Even cigarettes?_x000D_ Smiles._x000D_ Rabbie Syantan, Web Designer._x000D_

"My everyday challenge is to meet deadlines by timely delivery of goods. Sometimes the clients get upset but I wish they understand that to maintain the quality of the product it takes time. And the...

"It's better to work here, than carry weights and take care of the cattle. I am happy here as I don't have to listen to my nagging mother-in-law and my sick husband can get better treatment...

"I think Arnold Schwarzenegger has the best body. He is old now but all the heavyweights that have come after him don't have the toned body like him."_x000D_ _x000D_ Aman Nepali, Fitness Instructor,...