६९ बर्षको उमेरमा SEE परीक्षा दिने दुर्गा कामीलाई बुढेसकालमा पढेर मेरो बेज्जत गरिस भन्दै आफनै छोरा घर छोडेर हिड्यो ! हेर्नुहोस सबैको प्रेरणा बन्न सफल कामी संगको यो कुराकानी

Nepalese grandfather Durga Kami brushes his bushy white beard, puts on his school uniform and, with the aid of his walking stick, trudges for over an hour to class for another day of learning.

Poverty prevented Kami finishing his studies as a child and achieving his goal of becoming a teacher.

Now 68, the father of six and grandfather of eight goes to school six days a week to complete his studies and escape a lonely home life following the death of his wife.

Walking into the Shree Kala Bhairab higher secondary school and the buzz created by 200 children is a welcome contrast to the hush of the isolated one-room home, with its leaking roof and frequent power cuts, where Kami lives in Syangja district, some 250 km (155 miles) west of Nepal’s capital Kathmandu.

“To forget my sorrows I go to school,” said Kami, one of the oldest students in Nepal, in the classroom where he studies alongside 14 and 15-year-olds.

Kami, whose children have all left his hilltop home, first went to Kaharay primary school where he learnt to read and write with the seven and eight year olds before leaving after finishing grade five with the 11-year-olds.
Before & After
Before
5 Jun 2016. Syangja, Nepal. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
After
5 Jun 2016. Syangja, Nepal. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar

Before: Kami poses without his school uniform.
After: Kami wears his school uniform.