“One day I was walking back from Pashupati Temple when my heart started to become heavy. And I started feeling …
“From the age of seven, I worked as a bricklayer. It was almost like slavery. Never saw school. I would …
“My grandchildren get to see their fathers during festivals. They come back from India. Come Dashain, and they are the …
“My father worked in someone else’s field because he has no land of his own. I remember every morning he …
“Every house can produce a ton of pumpkin during a season, but there is no place for us to sell. …
Dai, where are you coming from? “From the river, fishing.” Catch any? “None” What are you going to do? “Go …
“I hear they are making a new constitution. What do I know what that is? I never went to a …
“I always obeyed my parents. I did not know how to ask questions. I did go to school for a …
“How do I tell you my story? My father died and I became very sad. I was around him all …
Someone in the village told me, how a settler had planted the tree 200 years ago. Today, this majesty in …
“They used to say, ‘Go to school, study well or else you will have to spend your life herding the …
“We will be on Facebook? Why didn’t you tell us earlier?” (Daugha, Gulmi)
“We are happy to have you. New people hardly come to our village. Now there is not much to do …
“When the food runs out, I go to the well-to-do of the village and ask them if I can borrow …
Man 1: Take a picture of our side. Woman 1: No, our side. Man 2: Why not take picture of …
What do you like about your sister? “She gives me sweets.” What do you like about your brother? “His happiness.”
“I have no dreams. I have no property to be able to dream. Just few hands of land, that won’t …
“In the end, it really is nothing. But you see, everyone is fighting for something when in the end you …
“His father is in India. He works in a hotel, as a cook I hear. I know he is doing …
“I was married at a very young age. My father was a poor farmer and mother was sick most of …
When a limping stranger with unkempt beard and hair arrives…
“I have been posted to the most remote villages in Nepal as a teacher. For the last 27 years, I …
“She is the most happiest when she gets to sing and dance.” (Dumber Bahadur Dangal, Rimuwa, Gulmi)
“My sister and I got married on the same day. She was 10 and I was 8. I didn’t know …
“For the last 16 years I have been teaching in a secondary school here. There are many Dalit villages around …
“For the last seventeen years, I have rented a room in her house. A few days ago, I had chest …
“Sometimes in my dreams I see that I am not visually impaired, other times I see my friends help me. …
With every journey I undertake, I discover new things about Nepal and her beautiful people. A deep sense of realization …
“Mother, father, two sisters, two brothers, grandmother. When everyone is gone, what’s the point in living.” (Jure, Sindhupalchok)
“I guard the monastery for a few coins. I will run away if a thief comes.” (Met him in Chumling, …
“I was very young when I was married. After I was brought to my husband’s house, one day I remember …
What is your name? “Forgot.” (Met her in Mugu)
I met her on my visit to Bardiya in October, 2014. Her family was my host. The farm mouse that …
“We were on a relationship for ten years. She was the person I was going to spend my life with. …
“This one time these two thugs came to me and started asking for directions. One had his face covered with …
“They told me I would be cured if I accepted their god. I had visited the hospital several times and …
“I am old and I have seen too much to want to live to be a 100. I am just …
“When I was born, both my eyes were shut. But I am told they slowly opened after a few days. …
“Mother told me not to talk to strangers.” Then why are you talking to me? “Because mother talked to you.” …
“When I was young, my father would take me to another village which was two hours walk up the hill. …
“Today, for reasons unknown, I am happy.” (Islamabad, Pakistan)#SoNinPakistan
“I’m the youngest member of my family with three elder brothers. I was brought up with a lot of care …
“A few years ago my truck fell off the highway. I was lucky that I could jump off it in …
“After I return from school, I sell chickpeas.” (Nathia Gali, Pakistan)
“Early from my childhood, I always wanted to have a guitar. But my parents wouldn’t let me. They wanted me …
“When I was small, I used to go to a local school near my house. And then I was moved …
What’s your favorite thing about your sister? “Nothing. She fights with me all day.” “And he hasn’t taken a shower …
“Father had horses so I have always been around them. I always wanted to go on horse rides and would …
“My father always conversed in analogies. He used to say, “Son, if you cut two fingers the pain will be …
“My father was a very clean man. He never let us wear slippers inside the house. If we were to …
“A few years ago I was in love. But we broke up and I was left heart-broken. One year ago, …
I have been in Pakistan for the last week talking to people and taking pictures. Apparently that is the only …
“My son passed away way before his time. They say god loves the good. I had many dreams for him. …
What do you want to do when you grow up? “Many things.” (Harnamadi, Makawanpur)
“Father cannot speak properly. When I was small, I couldn’t understand what he was trying to say and I felt …
“My wife has left me and the kids. I think she waited for the children to become of certain age …
“He was ok. But he was wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit. He was publicly humiliated. Slowly …
“This is where I come to think. My thoughts come and go like the wind and sometimes I forget what …
”Apparently, during the 1st/2nd grade I had problems in art class, meaning I couldn’t draw inside the lines and the …
“When I was young, and that was a long time ago, I remember my father carry in goods from China. …