Finding Hope and Strength at a time of Infertility
Published On :
4th June 2024
Posted by : Shristi Sharma
Bandana, a woman from a small village, has been struggling with infertility for six years. Despite her best efforts, she has not been able to conceive.
Bandana’s family had high hopes for her to have children soon after marriage. Her in-laws are particularly keen on having grandchildren. This has created a lot of tension within the household. Her in-laws often suggest various traditional remedies and frequently express their concerns and frustrations. They sometimes blame her for the inability to have children, which adds to her emotional burden. Their constant pressure makes her feel like she is not fulfilling her role in the family. From society,.....
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Journey of firsts; Delving into the terrain of my menarche
Published On :
1st May 2024
Posted by : Jessica Thapa Magar
A young girl who just turned 11 had her very first period. It was another chilly winter day, one that was followed by days and days without the sight of the sun as is typical for the lowlands of Nepal. I vividly remember eating biscuits and tea for breakfast that day. As I was getting ready for school I was helped by my mother in braiding my hair. My bus to school was almost there, therefore it was time for me to leave my house.
It was then that my mother noticed something that would change the course of my week ahead. My mother caught sight of a reddish stain on the crotch area of my stark white stockings. There was a concerned look on my mother’s.....
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The Unmet Ghost
Published On :
2nd December 2022
Posted by : Shristi Khadka
‘’It’s already late now. Tutoring students is quite a task till 8 pm. On top of that, this electricity cut’’, she said to herself. Her heart had already skipped a beat in that dark. In that winter month, it got dark pretty soon. It had affected her whole productivity of a day she could have then in summer. She kept talking to herself.
‘’Oh, I reached the ghost haunted river already. The moon is reddish; it’s called the blood moon; they tell this myth every time’’, she added. She is pretty scared now. She wanted her brain to control these ghost stories. She doesn’t remember the thing she studied during exam hall but now all the gho.....
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The Promise
Published On :
2nd May 2018
When I was a young teenager, my best friend at the time came to me and told me that her uncle was “doing things” to her he should not be doing. She made me promise not to tell anyone. She said it started when she was walking to the market to buy sweets when her uncle, who is around 50 years old, came up to her and offered to buy her candy. He then took her home and when her father was taking a shower and mother was cooking dinner he took advantage of the situation and grabbed and forced her to dark corners and touched her chest. When her parents were gone he showed her pornography and spoke to her sexually. This behavior of her uncle increased day b.....
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