प्यारी चौधरी

प्यारी चौधरीले आफ्नो बाल्यकाल काम गरेर बिताइन्। विवाह पछि पनि उनी छोरा-छोरीको पेट भर्न दिन-रात काम गरिन्, तापनि उनले आधा पैसा पनि पाउँदिन थिइन्. छोरा-छोरी ५-६ वर्ष भए पछि जमिन्दारले काम गर्न बोलाए। पहिला छोरीहरुलाई पठाएतापनि पछि भने उनले फिर्ता बोलाइन् र आफ्नो माईतमा लगिन्। तर जनयुद्धले गर्दा त्यहाँ बस्न पनि गाह्रो भयो। त्यो बेला उनी थारू आन्दोलनको नेत्री भएर लागिन्।

Pyari Chaudhari spent most of her childhood working instead of studying as it was not customary in her village for women to study. After she married her husband, she had to spend night and day working at others’ homes to raise her children. Despite this, she barely got half of what she worked for. After her children were 5-6 years old, the landlords asked her to make them work in others’ houses. Even though they initially agreed, it became clear that the children couldn’t work and she left for her father’s house with her husband and children. But around this time, the Maoist War started, due to which it became difficult for her to live there and she joined the Tharu Revolt.