Stories Around Us

She refused to run when fire came. Protecting her eggs. 😢❤️

This picture has got me thinking. Sure she's a Mother! She had a chance to run but she couldn't leave her eggs.

Many times women have the choice to quit risky situations including brutal marriages that cost their lives, but their pain is either their unborn or born but now grown-up children.

You have no idea what a mother goes through to present you to the world and protect you from its anger!

To all the mothers who endure for their children out there...we adore you ❤️
😇

A lovely little girl was holding two apples in her hands.
Her mom came in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile, “My sweetie, could you give your mom one of your two apples?”
The girl looked up at her mom for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick bite on one apple, and then quickly on the other.
The mom felt the smile on her face freeze. She tried hard not to reveal her disappointment.
Then the little girl handed one of her bitten apples to her mom, and said, “Mommy, here you are. This is the sweeter one.”

" म विवाहित नारी"
एउटा सानो टिका लाउने कि? अनुरोधका यी लवजहरू,
‘दुई वटा चुरा त लाउ, आदेशका यस्ता आवाजहरू,
किन केही नलाएको ? सवालमाथि सवालहरू,
बिहे भएको जस्तो नै देखिएन,’व्यंग्यका प्रहारहरू
सुनिन्छन्।गुञ्जिन्छन्।किनकि अब म विवाहित रे!

मेरो रूपमा, विवाहको प्रमाण देखिनु पर्छ रे!
सिउँदोमा सिन्दुरले, ' म विवाहित’ लेखिनु पर्छ रे!
तर,
चुरा त फुटिजान्छ,पोते त चुडिजान्छ।
सिन्दुर नि पुछिजान्छ गाजल नि सुकिजान्छ।

यी बेठेगानका निर्जीव वस्तुमा मेरो विवाहको ठेगान किन खोज्छौ?
चुरा, पोते, सिन्दुरलाई मात्र विवाहको प्रमाण किन सोच्छौ?

हो! म विवाहित।मनले, मस्तिष्कले,
मेरो ‘साथी’को साथले, भगवाहनको आशिर्वादले।

मैले पोतेभन्दा बलियो सम्बन्ध कसेको छु।
मेरो सिन्दुरभन्दा गाढा,माया बसेको छ।

चुरा टुटेनि, कहिले नटुट्ने विश्वास छ।
पोते छिनेनि, कहिले नछुट्ने साथ छ।

त्यसैले म विवाहित मेरै नियमले !
मेरै काइदाले !
विवाहको मेरो छुट्टै परिभाषाले
मलाई लगाहुन मन लागे लगाउने छु
जुन वेला रहर लागे उतारने छु

तर,
म ‘आधुनिक’ भएको होइन।शृंगार विरोधी बनेको होइन।
म केवल आफू बनेको हुँ।मनले चाहेसरी बनेको हुँ।

मलाइ शृंगार गहनाले दुइ दिने चिटिक्क ‘पुतली’ होइन
माया र भावनाले, जुनीभर बुझ्ने असल साथी बननु छ !

त्यसैले म विवाहित,
आफ्नै लयमा , आफ्नै परि भाषा
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Story of Sabita

“I was in 8th grade when I was told, ‘Tu padhke kya Karthik?” Your brothers’ education is more important.’ That day, I bid goodbye to my studies. And then at 22, I was married off. My husband was a good man, but adjusting to his family took some time.
My entire day would go in the kitchen–from making tea to hot round rotis. But I didn’t mind; I’d been training for this all my life. And then a year later, we had our first child–a girl! And although my husband and I were happy, his family wasn’t–they wanted a boy.
When I gave birth to my second daughter, my in-laws were visibly upset. They’d taunt me, ‘Ek beta paida nahi kar sakti’, ‘Pata nahi kisse le aaye!’ So we kept trying, and each time we had a baby girl. I was exhausted; consecutive pregnancies had taken a toll on my body.
By then, we had 7 daughters and the taunts became unbearable– ‘7 girls are a liability,’ they’d say. I didn’t want to raise my girls in an environment where they’d be looked down upon and so, after 10 years of living in a joint family, we moved out.
My husband also started a new spices shop; 10 years just flew by. There was never a dull moment in our house. The girls would hold dance competitions and make me and my husband the judges; we were happy.
But then, my husband suffered a heart attack and died soon after. At 44, I was a widow with 7 girls to look after. My second daughter had just entered college and youngest wasn’t even 10.
I couldn’t even grieve…right after his last rites, my daughters and I had to open up the shop. But that didn’t sit well with our relatives; they wanted everything under their control. I didn’t let that happen so they said, ‘Dekhte hai yeh auratein kya kar paati hai!’ But honestly, I didn’t even have the time to pay attention to them.
I’d rise with the sun, pack all everyone’s lunches and then head to the shop. It was tough initially; I was good with accounts but I didn’t know English and most of our clientele was foreigners. That’s when my older daughters stepped in. But I ensured their education never suffered. I didn’t want them to have the same fate as me.
Eventually, we got the hang of things and 4 years later, we inaugurated our 2nd branch. Again, we were met with harsh comments– ‘Aurat ho, kitna hi aagey jaogi?’ But this time, I looked them in the eye and said, ‘Now you watch!’
Slowly we started expanding. And the most beautiful part was watching all my daughters complete the education and then join the business. Today, 16 years and 4 branches later, people refer to us as, ‘The Spice Girls’. It’s comical how the same people who said, ‘Women don’t go too far,’ now come to me for business advice.
People had said to me, ‘Your daughters are a liability.’ But they were wrong. My daughters are my assets; they’re my pillars. At the end of the day, my parents may have taught me how to be a good wife, but it was my daughters who taught me how to be an entrepreneur!”

Credit : Humans of Bombay

The whole world is in chaos. People are losing their loved ones due to Covid. These phrases have been extracted from a website ://covidstories.ihi.org/ where the ones who lost their families, friends have shared stories of how it happened and who they were. Stay safe. Let's tkcr of each other in this hour of need.

A man and his wife traveled to the zoo. They found a monkey that played passionately with his female.
His wife told him: "what a romance."
Then they found a lion and his lioness separated from each other; the lion silent and alone in his corner as if the lioness did not exist. His wife told him: "what a sad scene without love."
Her husband then told her: "throw that stone at the lioness and watch." When she threw it down, the lion leaped roaring to defend his lioness.
They saw the monkeys again and she did the same by throwing a stone; the monkey then jumped and abandoned his female to save his hide.

Her husband tells her later: "do not be fooled by what you see as romanticism in some, many times it is a deceptive appearance that hides an empty heart; there are others on the contrary who do not show anything, but their hearts are full of sincere love ".

Unfortunately today we have so many monkeys, and so few lions.

Bina Shrestha(mother of Shailesh Shrestha) missing since yesterday morning. Went to Office (Om Hospital, Chabahil) from home (Kumarigaal, Chabahil) at 9:30 AM yesterday 13th Sept 2020 but did not arrive at Office either. The phone number is switched off as well.

Please contact below numbers if anyone has seen or has any information.
9841388013, 9813870164, 9818888118, 9863320535

Please share the post as much as possible to help find her... 🙏🙏🙏

P.S. She was wearing white & pink kurta and was carrying maroon colour umbrella yesterday morning.
She was using these numbers : 9849054457 & 9818488518

Day 23: KOPILA

KOPILA padhna lai newspaper kinne din!!! Do you remember this 2 pages of wonder ??

Awesome childhood memories 😍

Day 22: Moonwalk

What was cool back then? Of course a moonwalk.

The moonwalk became popular around the world during 1983, following Michael Jackson’s performance. This move is also known as Jackson’s signature dance move.

Day 21: Computers

Those were the days when having a computer used to be such a luxury. We used to scream in joy while using them. Those were the days 😄

Ostrich around us. Wandering in the streets of Baluwatar.
Pc. Gajendra Abhinash Karki

Ostrich in street of Baluwatar.

Day 20: Video Games

One of our greatest pleasures of all time is video game. When we see some pictures or involve in some talks of video games, we excitingly proclaim “oh! I had played one of those ☝️”