“10 months ago, I woke up to find that I couldn’t move my hands and legs. The doctor diagnosed me …
“When I was six, I fell off the roof of my neighbors house and broke my back. Since then, many …
“I don’t know the meaning of this. No one ever told me and it never occurred to me that there …
“When I was young and had enough blood in my bones, maybe half a century ago, I drove one-horse carriages …
“I laugh with them while they laugh at me.” – Ramu Nepali, Haatbazaar 7, Butwal, Rupandehi
“I want to become a fashion designer. Different hairdos and clothing interest me. I also want to become a nurse. …
“All is well in the family. With 3 grown up sons, a healthy wife to help me around the shop, …
“When I was 5, my father returned from India with his family and squatted in a piece of uncultivable land …
“I don’t know what to say. I think I am 35 and I row boat at the lake during the …
“I will let him dream his own dreams.” – Dawa Tamang w/ his son Tenzin. Met him in Lakeside, Pokhara
After making a few rounds of the lakeside trail, I stopped by to snack at his stall in Pokhara. After …
“I spend six months in a rehab. I was discharged three months ago. Even today, I struggle to understand why …
“My mother died when I was nine months so there was no one to look after me. I was severely …
“My earliest childhood memories are of a friend and I running after dragon flies and dandelions in a field of …
“He looked like he had come from a distant village. It was 1981 and back then I worked at the …
“Film stars and celebrities have some kind of air. They hold a certain pedestal. When I got to meet these …
“I watched Gregory Peck play General MacArthur in the hollywood movie MacArthur. General MacArthur was the greatest american general in …
“I have lost the only picture I had of my father. He died when I was two so I have …
“Nothing beats this warm fire and some stories of happiness and sadness in the cold of Kathmandu.” – Naren Shahi, …
“The space that you create for yourself in the minds and hearts of others is the only thing you leave …
“It is not easy coming from a broken family, especially when your mother is always sick and your father is …
“The principle, vice principle and a student representative officer walked into our classroom and warned us that boys and girls …
“You have made me reflect on my whole life. Questions that I have been avoiding. I am 23 and this …
“Every year my father took us to the Manakamana temple. It was like a family ritual. This one time, on …
“It’s my first time in Kathmandu. I arrived a few days ago. For me, it is a big thing coming …
“We always told our son that his guitar won’t take him anywhere. But he kept to it. He would come …
“Burnt alive. Beaten and forced to eat human feces for being a ‘witch.’ Raped. Molested. Abused, physically and psychologically, in …
“I think of my home. And my son and daughter. No place can replace home, where you grew up. Living …
“The entire universe functions on one thing and one thing only. Discipline. Discipline is not only for a person or …
Friends? “Friend. Girlfriend.” – Prachya, Mandip & Aisworya. Met them in Basatapur, Kathmandu
“Ever since childhood I wanted to become a doctor. After high school, I joined a bridge course for MBBS. I …
“I checked my wallet but I had no more than 1 minar. That was not even enough for the bus …
“Grandmother tells me that when mother eloped with another person she took me with her. My father searched for us …
“For as far as I remember, my brother was a very hard working person. He left home at 9 in …
On a warm Sunday afternoon, I met him in Patan Darbar Square. On earlier occasions I had seen him carrying …
“When my son was born everyone said he looked a lot like me. I could see this resemblance grow as …
“Sometimes it’s not your fault.” – Ishwor Silwal, Bhimphedi, Makwanpur. Met him at Basantapur.
“I remember the first day of college, when I entered the classroom. The moment everyone saw me the entire class …
Her tattoo read : श्लोकार्धेन प्रवक्ष्यामि यदुक्तं ग्रन्थकोटिभिः । परोपकारः पुण्याय पापाय परपीडनम् ॥ What is stated by cores of …
“I worked for Bin Laden’s company in Saudi Arabia as a ship welder. The company produced highly inflammable toxic gas …
“I was born after three brothers. They take care of me like a diamond. My dream is to do something …
“Everything is okay. It’s okay even if it’s not.” – Krishna Bahadur Diwakar, Tulache, Bhaktapur
“I cannot forget that when I was small, I used to suck on my thumb all the time. This one …
“My brother-in-law died of HIV aids. We all found out about it through the doctor only 3 months before he …
So, James Bond Dai, what is the difference between you and the James Bond in the movies? “This one suffers …
Dai, what is your name? “James Bond.” James Bond? “Yes, James Bond Rajkarnikar.”
“In the morning as I was leaving, when my son came up to me, put his school bag on the …
“I am saving up money for my toy stand. I sell balloons, toy planes, balls and whistles. During Saturdays, many …
“Life is almost always a lot of hard work. And suffering. Happiness is momentary. But we want to be happy …
“He is a good man and I am a good man. We are friends since childhood. He does what I …
“I don’t know about good memories but back then and it seems like yesterday, my hands and legs didn’t hurt. …
What are you listening to? “Chumma dede.”* *Give me a kiss. – Rohit Kumar Shah, Sunauli, Rupandehi. Met him in …
“Father had bought a new sickle from Gorkha Bazaar. I must have been 11. I was excited that I would …
“Almost every year the Karnali river takes someone. Last monsoon, it was a fellow villager. A good person with family. …
“Sometimes the grandchildren talk about new things, things which are out of my understanding like cinemas and iphones. And sometimes …
“Once every week, I go to the cyber to check emails from my brother. He is in Bahrain. It is …
“Whenever I’m bored during classes, he tucks down his phone in my hand, silently telling me to play games.” – …
“His father came and told me to cut his hair very short. I don’t think he is liking it.” – …
“I am the youngest person in the dance group run by our club. No one can jump like me. And …
“Ten meters ahead a leopard leaped in front of me from a tree. I froze. It took a step forward. …