Beni Handicraft Product Pvt. Ltd.

beni rani ghale was born in the isolated mountain village of tipling, situated between langtang and manaslu. as a child she only attended school for five days, as she had to look after her two small sisters, plus the cows and goats. she remembers, ‘both my parents had to work, sometime they were away for day’s even weeks. at about 5 years of age, i used to carry my baby sister on my back, while working. i had to chew cooked corn/maize into a milky paste so she could eat something – a substitute for mother’s milk.’ beni, like many in her village, was married early, at the age of 10. a deposit of 40 liters of alcohol had been given, followed by a further $20. should she not consent to marry her suitor, then the double of this would have to be repaid. marriage was not to her liking, so she ran away into the surrounding hillsides. when her new husband left the village, she returned. from then on she lived with her family, and studied privately at night. she got a job at tipling health pos