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Picture 1: First Wife, Kamala on the left
and Second Wife, Putali on the right
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While most of the part of the world is
already developing, Nepali society is still in the midst of conservativeness
that still considers sons more valuable. Daughter miss out on many things like
–education, extracurricular activities etc.
Girls are married at a very young age, a fate that befalls many rural
women, resulting high illiteracy rate and inability to become independent and
self-reliant. It poses severe problems for women belonging to Dalit
communities, a group considered to be untouchable and marginalized from
mainstream development.
However, this is a story of 31 and 29
years old two Dalit single women of Jajarkot who were displaced during the time
of conflict, struggled at any cost for better life. Ms Kalpana B.Ka and Ms
Putali B.ka who despite being married at their early age of 15 and 16 to one
man, Mr.Karna B.Ka., struggled together for living after their husband’s death
in the war. They did not let their Dalit lineage and their fates of being
widowers define their life.
