Notes from the Field

Notes from the Field

Research vignettes and creative non-fiction

The Open Institute for Social Science
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family loneliness aging

आमाको खाट

Saru
By Saru

आमा म कीर्तिपूर आउँदै छु भन्ने थाहा पाउँदा आफ्नो खाटसँगैको झ्यालबाट आँखा थाके पनि निरन्तर मलाई कुरेर बस्नु हुन्छ। झ्यालबाट बाहिर हेरेर बस्नु, सायद आमालाई बच्चाबच्ची आउने आशाको परखाई हो। यो कार्य आशा बाट सुरु भए तापनि हजुरबुबा बित्नु भए यता यो झ्याल उहाँको दिन कटाउने दौतरी बनेको छ।

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gender health

Thriving Within Empathy's Fracture

Yukta Sunuwar
By Yukta Sunuwar

It was 2 pm when his monitor rang an alarm. The plateau of his heart line was falling flat quickly, without a pause or regard for the efforts that had been made till then. His family had consented to a DNR, Do Not Resuscitate, beforehand and did not allow us to revive him.

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