It almost feels as though a portal to the unknown has opened, wielding such force, demanding life. The Rasuwa floods came beneath a happy Himalayan sky. And then, within seconds, a deluge of mud and water erased homes, communities, infrastructure and, above all, lives. Thousands of them. No amount of rebuilding can restore what has […]
When disaster strikes, loss is rarely measured only in bricks and belongings. For a woman, it can mean the loss of a livelihood, a workplace, a sense of security and years of hard-won financial independence. And yet, when the waters recede, she is often expected to begin again without pause. She cleans the house. She […]
It’s strange, isn’t it? That life chooses its darkest moments to reveal its deepest truths. Nearly four months after losing Mammu, I find myself seeing the world through an entirely different lens. Grief has a way of stripping away the unnecessary until only what truly matters remains. Here are five lessons among many that life […]
Somewhere between paying bills, building careers and becoming the people everyone depends on, many of us quietly stopped trying new things. Not because we no longer wanted to. Because we became afraid of being bad at them. As children, we never thought twice before attempting something unfamiliar. We fell off bicycles, stumbled through dance routines, […]
We celebrate photographs filled with laughter, holidays, achievements, birthdays, and even life’s most intimate moments on social media rarely questioning why. Yet when the memories are of someone who has passed, they are often viewed through a different lens. They become a measure of whether we have ‘moved on’ or ‘healed’. Over the past few […]
