Are we building roads, or just breaking mountains?

If development, while making life easier, destroys the very foundations of life, then it is not progress.

While discussing Bajhang, I am reminded of Shiva Sandesh from Bara district. A few months ago, he was transferred to Bajhang in connection with his job. For Shiva, who grew up in the plains of Madhesh, this transfer was more a matter of worry than an opportunity. Distance from family, unfamiliar language, different lifestyle and the rugged mountainous terrain—everything was new to him. He used to feel, “I don’t know which corner of the country they have sent me to”.