In the late 1990s, Devi Khadka was detained at the age of 17 and accused of being a rebel, being tortured, and being raped while he was being held. She was labeled as a “rape victim” by rebel leaders, which in turn led to depression and social ostracism. Khadka rose up the ranks and joined the rebel front lines, banning these horrors.
She was elected to Nepal’s new parliament after the war ended, but she became disillusioned when she learned that its leaders had attempted to conceal the agonizing truth of wartime rape. Khadka is no longer able to maintain a quiet demeanor as the survivor’s face in public. She embarks on a project to reunite Nepal’s forgotten women and reconstruct the deliberately erased history under the influence of a ferocious desire for justice.
Source: Aljazeera
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