Chiwang, Solukhumbu
“I do nothing. I just sit by the window and watch people come and go. Some wave at me while …
Khem Kumar Rai “NaChhiring’ Salleri, Solukhumbu
“When I was born, father had already lost his mind. He was home but he was never there for mother. …
Juni Gurung Bhujung, Lamjung
“I have acted in 3 movies. And I have sung many songs. For other people who come as guests and …
Aarati Gurung Ulleri, Kaski
“The guests that come to my homestay leave with a happy heart. I make sure their needs are met. There …
Prem Bahadur Tilija Narchyang, Myagdi
“I just arrived here from Darbang after a three days walk carrying 30 kilos of weight. So I stopped here …
Purna Bhakta Konga Panauti 7, Kavre
“I walked barefoot until the age of 21. One day father sat me by his side and asked me, ‘Son, …
Rakam Dailekh
“What do I say to you? What if I make an error in saying something that you might not like. …
Phurpa Chewang Tamang Gatlang 3, Rasuwa
“It was what happened on the day of the carnival that changed my life. Back then, I used to work …
Dhanusa
“The society never says anything to a man. He is free. But for women, it is not the same. I …
Identity Protected
“My father’s sister brought home the marriage proposal. He was her relative. She said, ‘He is a good man. He …
“I was married when I was 11 years old. I don’t remember a thing. What would I remember? After a …
Pattale Solukhumbu
“After I left, I took my son with me. It is just me and him now. I run this small …
“Father would cry for me. He had raised a daughter with the hope that she would leave a happier life …
“I have heard many stories of women. That is my job. It is also my job to share with them …
Gatlang Rasuwa
“When I turned 19, I was given away against my will. But every chance I got I would run back …
Singa Jumla
“I run this inn myself, with the help of my daughter and my son. I send them to school too. …
Identity Protected
(Part 1/3) “I turned 14 this year. It was after many years of silence that I had the courage to …
(Part 2/3) “When the abuse did not stop, the pain I had inside my heart became too much to bear. …
Identity Protected
(Part 3/3) “Until that moment, I did not realize that there was help. I did not know that there were …
Identity Protected
(Part 1/2) “We met online and exchanged phone numbers. I was naive. I was young. I judged people according to …
Identity Protected
(Part 2/2) “My fear was real. He was a different person than he had portrayed to be. I felt cheated. …
Identity Protected
(Part 1/3) “The last nine years have been difficult for me. It was 9 years ago I got married and …
Identity Protected
(Part 2/3)”…It is difficult to see the wounds of the heart than the wounds of the body. What kinds of …
Identity Protected
(Part 3/3) “My husband abandoned me. He left me with me at the mercy of his family. I do know …
Anonymous
“I really do not know when my father and I grew apart. I think it was after I started following …
Sambhu Thulung Rai Aiselukharkha GP 5, Khotang)
(Part 1/2) “Mother had lost a daughter and a son. Her daughter lived for a few years while her son …
Sambhu Thulung Rai Aiselukharka GP 5, Khotang
(Part 2/2) “I must have been 20 then. I had returned home to find that in rage, father had beaten …
Mina Nepali Sunar Kasiram Takuri 1, Dailekh
“I was also orphaned when I was very small. I do not remember my mother nor do I have any …
Tara Kumari Kadayat Panchadewal Binayak 3, Achham
(Part 1/3) “I had 4 brothers but all of them have passed away. One could not survive cholera. One was …
Tara Kumari Kadayat Panchadewal Binayak 3, Achham
(Part 2/3) “I somehow completed my school leaving certificate. It was all because father let me go to school. I …
Tara Kumari Kadayat Panchadewal Binayak 3, Achham
(Part 3/3) “The one thing I make sure is that his books and his morning snack are ready on time …
Usha Singh Saat Tala 1, Dailekh
(Part 1/2) “It was a love marriage. We went to the same school. We were all friends. We were not …
Usha Singh Saat Tala 1, Dailek
(Part 2/2) “The first time he saw our son was only after he returned 3 years later. We were both …
Dhanisara Singh Gadigaun, Dailkeh
(Part 1/2) ” ‘I will go get grass. Please prepare food and look after our son’, was what he said …
Dhanisara Singh Gadigaun, Dailekh
(Part 2/2) “He was only 26 years old when he died. We were the same age. We were from the …
Sunita Singh Kholigaun 2, Birendragar
(Part 1/3) “I got married when I was 16. I had grown taller than the other girls in the village. …
Sunita Singh Kholigaun 2, Birendranagar
(Part 2/3) “After the first year of our marriage, my husband went to Malaysia. He got sick with Jaundice and …
Sunita Singh Kholigaun 2, Birendranagar
(Part 3/3) “We had gone back to the village during the Dashain festival. He chose to stay back in Surkhet. …
Pavi Jaiseni Kharigaira Mabu GP 1, Dailekh
(Part 1/3) “Our daughter had gone missing for 15 days. We searched everywhere. We asked everyone. We found out later …
Pavi Jaiseni Kharigaira Mabu GP 1, Dailekh
(Part 2/3) “When her son was 6 months old, her husband came to visit. He told us that he was …
Pavi Jaiseni Kharigaira Mabu GP 1, Dailekh
(Part 3/3) “One day, as usual, I had gone to collect grass for the buffaloes. When I returned home and …
Mina Nepali Sunar Kasiram Takuri 1, Dailekh
“She is my granddaughter. I have looked after her since she was 9 months old. I am her mother and …
Pansari Bika Maalika 7, Dailekh
(Part 2/2) “After that day, my life changed. I stayed with her all the time. Cleaning her, feeding her and …
Pansari Bika Maalika 7, Dailekh
(Part 1/2) “My daughter died of Pneumonia. We rushed her to Kalagaun and then to the hospital in Nepalgunj. There …
Narendra Bahadur Shahi Junichandi GP 2, Jajarko
(Part 3/3) “These children are my everything. I am very happy that my son is going to Kopila Valley School. …
Narendra Bahadur Shahi Junichandi GP 2, Jajarkot
(Part 2/3)“When I returned home from India, I had saved some money. With that, I was able to get married. …
Narendra Bahadur Shahi Junichandi GP 2, Jajarkot
(Part 1/3) “I do not remember father. I was too young to remember when he died. But I have memories …
Pinki Malik with her son Janakpur
“At home, I could never learn how to weave baskets. Father and mother both worked as janitors. They left me …
Patasiya Malik Dom Janakpur
“No matter how big the suffering, it is a human need to eat good food. So I am just spending …
Dinesh Malik Dom Janakpur
“After completing class 7, my son left school. He did not appear for the class 8 examinations. As a father, …
Ajay Malik Janakpur
“We were four friends going back home after a long day at work. Thirsty, we went inside a road-side teashop …
Binod Biswokarma, Rakesh Biswokarma & Prakash Biswokarma Mugu
“It is only the old men who play the Thade Bhaka and Deuda songs. For us, we set up the …
Hikmat Rokaya Chayanath 9, Mugu
“When there is rain, I am a farmer. Other times, I ride a horse. I have to do something to …
Gore Bahadur Rokaya Murma, Mugu
“I am returning home to Murma from visiting my sister in Tuma. She is elder to me by 10 years. …
Pina 7, Mugu
“I should not be telling you my name for I am a married woman. I am also a mother of …
Bhami Raj Buda Murma, Mugu
“Mother is busy plucking beans and looking after the animals. She wanted to come down to buy clothes for me …
Karnajit Rawat Nui Gau, Ratapani 11, Mugu
“I herded goats half my life. And then the other half I herded buffaloes. Sometimes I lived with a dozen …
Chatra Bahadur Basnet Dhungribaas, Sindhuli
“Father was a Mukhiya. So I never had to work hard growing up. We had many servants and the villagers …
Sapana Kumari Mallik Janakpur, Dhanusa
“Brother left school because they asked him to sit on the floor in the classroom. But everyone has been nice …
Manohar Mukhiya Hanumnagar, Kankalni NP 1, Saptari
“It must have been 9 or 10. I had gone to catch fish with my work partner, Bilichhyan. And after …