“Every morning I take my children boating in these backwaters and sing them happy songs.” (Dharmendra Mukhiya, Saptari) More Stories “To not have your own land is a curse. But it is not the earth that rejected us, it is … When are are together we laugh more times than we cry. I think the pigs like what I cook for them. They eat everything without saying anything. The Gauna was a big celebration for my husband and his father and mother, but not for me. That day I cried a lot. But what can a woman do? My husband stays at home and looks after the children. He fell off a roof and broke his leg and shoulder and he cannot do much. “It must have been 9 or 10. I had gone to catch fish with my work partner, Bilichhyan. And after …