Story of years long conflict between humans and elephants in Bahundangi, Jhapa.

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बाटै बाटो हिँड्दा बाटोमै बस्तिसँग ठोकिन थालेपछि आत्तिएका हात्तीको कथा हो यो । पसिनाले वर्षभरि माटो भिजाएर फलाएको अन्न एक रातमै हराएपछि आहत बनेका मान्छेका कथा हो यो । यो, मान्छेले लखेटेका हात्ती र हात्तीले लखेटेका मान्छेका कथा हो । यो बाहुनडाँगीको कथा हो ।

Bagwana village is located at the edge of the forest, approximately 27 km from Birgunj metropolis. Every morning, two buses leave from the village to the city. One belongs to Asiya Devi and the other to Sadhana Devi. Asiya and Sadhana are the owners, and the conductors of their buses.

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वीरगन्ज महानगरबाट २७ किलोमिटर टाढा जंगलको छेउमा बागवाना गाउँ छ । गाउँबाट शहर आउन हरेक विहान दुई वटा बस छुट्छन् । एउटा बस असिया देवीको र अर्को बस साधना देवीको । असिया र साधना बसका साउनी पनि हुन्, खलाँसी पनि ।

There is a small family in Ladiya village of Danabaari, Ilam. A family of three siblings, Anisha, Anish and Anup. After losing both their parents, they have had to learn how to be each other’s guardians.

बुबा बितेको दश वर्ष हुन लाग्यो । दुई भाइ आमासँग थिए ।   झापामा बसेर पढिरहेकी अनिशालाई के थाहा इलामको दानाबारी गाउँमा रहेको घरले अचानक बोलाउला भनेर ।

Before reaching Thori of Parsa district through the Hulaki highway, a narrow unpaved road leads us towards a dense forest. After passing through the thick forest, we reach a village. It is surrounded by Chitwan on one side and Parsa National Park on the other. This village in the forest is called the 'home of hunters'.

During the British Colonization, indigenous people from Jharkhand, India were transported in trucks and tractors to work in the tea plantations of Assam and West Bengal in North-East India. They, who left their soil, cultivated treasures in these gardens. Generations passed.

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Godpasara village of Parsa district did not receive enough rainfall this monsoon. The paddy in the fields have withered. The soil is parched.  Six years ago, they faced a similar drought in the village. When it happened again this year, the villagers decided to pray for water.

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Mitho Katha, directly translates as "A Sweet Story". This is a story about a mother and her son, who, despite their bitter past experiences have rewritten their life story, filling it with infinite sweetness. 

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No matter where life wanders, it is the memories that follow you. Julabi Chowk of Sundarharaicha, Morang reminisces the shadows and colors of the hills it left behind.

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The wrinkles of her smile hide the signs of her age. The children playing around her look like butterflies in a garden, swarming around their favorite flower. She then transforms into a little child herself, running after them. A heart warming story of Gita Gautam,  the mother of more than 300 children.

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People from 12 villages in northern Mugu have migrated to Jumla in search of a better life. After all, how long can one live walking the trails of snow? But when they moved their homes, they didn’t just leave behind the memories of cold sorrows; they lost their language, they lost their identity.

हिउँको बाटो र भीरको बाटो कति हिँड्नु ! उत्तरी मुगुका १२ गाउँका मान्छेहरु खेती हुने जग्गा खोज्दै जुम्लातिर झर्न थाले । बसाइँ सर्दा केही पाइन्छ, केही गुमाइन्छ । चिसा दुःख बिर्सिन हिमनदीसँगै उँधो झरेका हिमालका मान्छेका सम्झना हिमालतिरै हराए । भाषा हराए । परिचय हराए ।

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