"Breaking Free: Maya's Journey from Suppression to Self-Discovery"
Published On :
10th July 2023
Posted by : Manita Sharma
Category :
Health and Development
Maya, is a girl who doesn’t bind herself to the pursuits of society, who wants to be free like a bird, who acts her own way and who doesn’t really care about others' opinion of her. She lives in the rural side of the country. Maya’s mother is a homemaker. Seeing her mother, doing the chores beyond her capacity every day, even when she got sick, was very heartbreaking to her. Despite working so hard daily, nobody in the house recognizes her mother’s true value. From her early age, when she started understanding the pain of her mother, she promised herself to never live a life for others. She wants to live independently without a need to rely on some m.....
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Shattering Silence
Published On :
10th July 2023
Posted by : Manita Sharma
Category :
Concurrent issues
Sex, is such a big word, right? Suppose you and your friend are traveling in a local bus in Nepal. You are having a conversation about sex, in a very low voice. But suddenly you say the word ‘Sex’, a bit loudly or in a voice audible to other passengers. What do you think the scenario will be like? Shameful? Embarrassing? Everybody on the bus will stare at you, whispering ‘How shame of you to talk about it’, leaving you no choice between, either hurriedly getting out of the bus or staying there with everybody's eyes fixate upon you, expressing as if you have committed some kind of crime.
The scenario described above sheds light on the deeply ingraine.....
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"Chosen with Love: A Blog on Adoption and Parenthood"
Published On :
9th June 2023
Posted by : Aarti Chaudhary
Category :
Concurrent issues
"Asmita's mom, please sit here instead of standing there," caught Samira's attention, who was sitting in the female reserved seat of the local bus.
Samira, a marketing manager at a cosmetic company in Kathmandu, found herself on an unusual morning commute due to car troubles. Lost in her thoughts about the day ahead, she overheard a conversation between two middle-aged women in the front seat.
The words "Asmita's mother" repeated in her mind. As she realized her stop was approaching, she paid her bus fare, disembarked, and headed towards her office. Throughout her busy day, those two words lingered in her memory.
Returning home later that evening,.....
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