When I eloped last year my family were so angry as I was just 19 and they wanted me to study more. I failed my exam of class 10 and quit my study. I didn’t think of continuing my studies again. Then I met my husband and we fell in love. We got married and now I am a mother of a 5 month baby. I feel now I would have studied more and stood on my own two feet. Now I can’t continue as I get SO busy looking after the baby and I have housework to do. In our society everything changes for women after they get married. You have be a responsible wife, daughter in law, and mother. I want to say to all the girls: don’t quit school in between, and don’t rush to get married. It’s better if you stand on your own feet and be independent.( Kalpana Tharu, Bardia)