“He is not so outgoing. I am the one who looks for work. Every time there is something I call him. However, he is a very hardworking person. If we are together we can work long hours, sometimes 16 hours a day. He is a faster worker than me because I get leg cramps. Sometimes we have our regular quarrel over our share of the wage. Recently, we had an argument and didn’t talk for days. My cramps were back and I was staying home. Then one day he showed up to my rented room with a leg brace for my cramps and said, ‘You better get well soon, I have work for us.”
– Lava Thapa and Ravi Mishra, Kathmandu