Home: Janakpur, Dhanusha, Janakpur

Education: Bachelor's in Psychology & Philosophy, Tri Chandra College

I did my schooling in a politically disturbed environment. The socio-political injustices of those times, when I almost lost my family members to the conflict, instilled in me the urgency to fix the conditions in my country.

After graduation and some work experience, I needed a change, an opportunity to learn something new, to experience something different, and to absorb life as it is, for I was sick of clutching the support bar in a bus for two hours and wasting it amid traffic congestion in Kathmandu. My personal experience of injustices and expectation for change made me want to become a changemaker.

If a student in this country sighs in pain, hurt and betrayal because she is studying in a public school, and a bleak and opportunity-robbed vision of her own future haunts her, then we are all guilty to her fate. The big talks will prove useless if we cannot get our acts together to solve this. This is what that has inspired me to apply to TFN. It offered the perfect platform I was seeking in my life; it offered me time to make my own story, lead my own change, and experience life in a different way.

I've always wanted to be a writer. Nothing is a greater celebration for me than a different environment, culture, and a struggle to make lives better. Maybe, the more justice, experience, and learning I may gather from this Fellowship, the more realistic, colorful, and delicious my words will become.