I lost my left leg when I was 14 years old. A stone fell on leg when I was cutting grass. Since then I have been managing on my one leg. Living life as a cripple is not easy as others. It is worse if you are women. I am lucky as my parents loved me always; behaved nice; and take care of me. My husband is not crippled like me. I am lucky to have him in my life. He is nice to me and takes care of me. I have a shop to look after and I take care of my customers. Not everyone is lucky like me. Women do have a miserable life when they are disabled. It is really sad how they behave towards us: rude and disrespectful. They behave like we are criminals. I don’t understand why only women have to face this abuse. We have the same feelings and emotions and desires. Just like other people. In a male dominated society like Nepal we are not supposed to raise our voice. We need to keep our voices inside our hearts and never let it come out. You don’t know what is coming next in your life. That doesn’t mean you can blame or misbehave if things turn out wrong in your life.
I have never been to school but I know how to behave like a principled human being. I feel so sad for women who are victims of such incidents. It is not their fault, it is destiny. We are born in the mountains such a difficult country where the conditions are so harsh you have to struggle every day to make a living. We can’t escape anywhere.”