“I had left the village to find work in Kathmandu. After 5 weeks, I was still not able to find …
“My son sometimes says, ‘Ama, for you I can do anything. For you, I can give my life’. I say, …
“There is nothing to remember. How do I say? It was like a grind stone rotating, over and over again. …
“Every 30 mins, the craving is back. I cannot even tell my sons and daughters not to smoke.” – Ujeli …
“My brother and I were inseparable. We went everywhere together. We ate in the same plate. We never fought. When …
Baini, may I know your name? “What’s there in a name?”
“Sometimes, we speak on the phone. Maybe twice every month. The network is not so good around here, so it’s …
September 2014, I had visited Thulgaon in Pipaltaar, Nuwakot and spent a few days with the Kumals listening to their …
“I am very proud of my work. I am satisfied. I don’t bang my head because I have to work. …
“The department used to hold a moustache competition back in the day. I am not sure if they still do. …
Something that arose from my wanderlust, my passion in photography and listening to stories has grown into something I do …
“The school in my village ran only up to the 5th grade. So I had to discontinue because the nearest …
It is very humbling to share moments of joy with someone. Here, everyone is busy selecting copies of their pictures.
As I was taking pictures of her mother, I looked down to see her pulling my shorts.
“My brother left school few months ago because my father could not pay for his school and for his books. …
“Everyday we wake up with the fear that they will come back again. With papers and eviction notices. Where can …
“I have never felt this way. Until a few years back everything seemed normal. I was doing what I was …
“Few years ago, on my way back home, a truck hit me. I survived the ordeal with three broken bones …
Namaste All, Coming October, in collaboration with LAST FRONTIERS TREKKING I will be revisiting the Tsum Valley in Gorkha. There …
“Back in the day, when I was working in the Department of Forest Protection, it was routine for me to …
“I don’t want to think what I will do when I grow up.” – Manoj, Bungamati, Lalitpur
“I have two pairs of jackets which I wear. I make sure that when I am wearing one the other …
I somehow made my way in to see what the ruckus was all about to witness this. After a few …
“Not too long ago, I had an accident. My right knee was shattered and my left leg was also severely …
“It came from the deepest part of my right ear. I was three years old and I remember. That pain, …
“My sons want me to stop working, but I have worked all my life and I don’t want to stop. …
“Let me scare you with my laugh. Huhuhuhahahahaha.” – Goje Junge Dai, Met him near Thankot, Kathmandu
“I am learning some ‘Hello, how are you?’ so that I can sell at the shop. I need to sell …
“You know, there is the life you’ve lived and there are dreams that were not fulfilled, needs not met and …
“You want to play?”
“All these problems come and you face it, and for a time you think they are gone. And then there …
“Behind my family is the house we all grew up in. Our only shelter. As far as I know, my …
Ama, can I take your picture? “Yes you can. There are younger people around the next turn. Maybe you want …
“I served in the police for a while. I remember the trainer was a very mean man and the boys …
“I was too tired and dozed off. I don’t know for how long I passed out. What time is it? …
“A long time ago, on my way to Ilam I came across a makeshift ladder which led up a steep …
“This man in clean shirt and pant came to my village and gave a speech on development. He was talking …
“I suffer from a bad habit. I cannot let go of this habit no matter how hard I try. And …
“I come from a place where life is the most difficult. The closest source of drinking water was 40 minutes …
“I had gone home, to Jhapa during Holi. I think it was 2010. Luckily or by chance everyone had returned …
“My biggest accomplishment is my family. Four sons and a daughter. But I feel like I have missed out on …
“When mother was alive, things were different.” – Kumar Thapa Magar, Met him in Basantapur, Kathmandu
“An artist is always emotional. Without emotions there is no art. Even when I listen to songs and watch an …
“Mother had made rice pudding and left for the fields when I sneaked into the kitchen and ate most of …
“There are somethings that you cannot disclose. I perfectly understand your questions. But there are things that I cannot disclose. …
“My mother died when I was six month old so my aunt took me with her. I never called her …
“Every time I made tea for my two sons, I’d put aside some for myself. And it became a habit. …
“The things I say is taken as amusement. But I am actually trying to tell them something and not trying …
“I don’t know why mother had to cut my hair. Everyone calls me a boy now. The boys scream boy, …
“I have seen my friend destroy everything in his life. After his parents died his drinking escalated. For almost a …
“The only thing that matters when you are a kid is playing with your friends. It’s your only worry. And …
“I have been working as a carpenter all my life. Sometimes the kids from my neighborhood come to me and …
“For many years, I have been coming to Butwal to sell herbs and spices from my village in Jumla. There …
“When my father died, I was 16. He was in the police. He was a strict man of discipline. I …
“She was a widow when I met her. My relatives told me that I could get another girl but I …
“We don’t speak rough rough except for that one time when we had a fight with the other boys. They …
“I really don’t know when my father and I grew apart. I think it is after I started following a …
“I have hammered iron for the last twenty seven years. Into thousands and thousands of sickles.” – Bhim Bahadur Bika, …
After spending few long, cold and foggy days, wandering the alleys of the Old Butwal, I couldn’t wait to see …
“I come from a family of tailors. So I have seen a lot of discrimination in my life. I have …