She ate breakfast as her husband prepared dinner on the other end of the line, on the other end of the day, on the other end of the world.

“अध्ययनको यो पाटो, मेरो लागि गर या मर बराबर थियो,” उनी भन्छन्, “अनुसन्धानाको अस्तित्व नै यी नमुना सङ्कलनमा भर पर्थ्यो ।”

“It was literally a do or die situation for me,” he said. “Either collect samples or your research is for nothing!”

The solution to this problem is seemingly simple, but is convoluted by politics: Keep what you will definitely need, donate the rest!

“ओहो ! गल्ति पो गरियो कि ? आखिर किन मैले कलेजको आन्तरिक परिक्षा छोडे? के मध्ये नेपालको सुदुर भिराला पहाडका जङ्गलहरुसँग पैठेँजोरी खेल्न?”

I live in a city that is almost an exact replica of the one in my childhood dreams. Ironically, the one thing that is missing is happiness.

我們並不是刻意地避免彼此促膝談心，只是我們能力上做不到。

Those who know where the yews are don’t know how valuable they are, while those who see the tree's value simply don’t know where they are.

When I talk about the religion I feel culturally affiliated with, I hear an eerie silence.

In more extreme cases, education has kept many South Asian women from being married off.