Being an Outcast
Ushma's Memoir : Being an Outcast It is my journey of coming of age; it’s a saga of being an o utcast and yet creating a niche in a land I now call my home. It’s my story of growing up defunct , battling abuse and defeating depression . I had many hurdles in life, like everybody else, and I will elaborate on those hurdles later in my narrative , but some life-changing incidents redefined me in ways I never thought possible, especially as a woman. I have blurred recollection of me growin g up in Kathmandu, my supposed homeland, but what is vivid in those scant blurred memories is the influential positivism our father instilled in us. They remain vivid and valid because I did not let his words of wisdom fade even after all these years since his untimely and unexpected demise when my twin and I were just six years old. Maybe I remember dad’ s words distinctly because...