“Mother cooks for us every day of the week. When we have school, she wakes up at 4 am to prepare food. And then she takes the animals to pasture, after which she comes come and mops the entire house. And then again she spends all day at the fields. After she returns she is busy preparing dinner. Now, I and my brother convinced her that we will cook dinner two days a week so that she can get some time for rest. I and my brother are supposed to cook today. I am not a good cook and my brother just sits and watch. I hope she likes dinner today. I know father wont complain even if it’s bad.”

– Rajani Tamang, Timal, Kavre