“When I was small, I really wanted to go to school. I did not have any books or pencils. My parents would tell me not to waste my time at school. They would say, ‘You are a girl, stay at home and take care of your siblings and the house. That is what you are meant for.’ I would cry and go sit in a corner. I will never say that to my children.” (Laprak, Gorkha)
