Sapana Roka Magar

 

   BBC 100 Women 2020: Sapana Roka Magar

BBC has released the name of 100 women who did inspiring and influential works and were highlighted in the year 2020. Among 100 women from different countries Sapana Roka Magar is a daughter of Nepal .I am trying to present her story with the informations I had about her.

Sapana was a simple girl born in Myagdi district of Nepal in a simple family. Being so brilliant in her study she had a respectable space in her teacher's and friend's heart. She was good at studying. Her parents were so proud to have a daughter like her. She used to help her parents at home. She was so kind since her childhood. She never wants to see anyone on trouble. She used to feel more happy satisfying others than satisfying herself. Although she was grown on a simple family but she never felt anything lacking. In simple words her childhood was well spent.

When she was in class nine, she got a new smartphone. That was the main thing that drastically changed her life. She was in her adolescence stage. Making new friends, talking to them, spending time on social media are commonly the hobbies of every adolescent like Sapana had. I think being praised by someone about the physical appearance and the ability maybe the happiest moment for many teenage. Sapana loves to connect to people. She made many friends on social media. She used to talk to them daily. Her friends used to say her she looks beautiful, she has great skills on doing everything. These comments from friends used to fascinate her a lot. Talking regularly to them developed her addiction towards phone. Seeing her being addicted on social media her parents, teachers tried to make her understand she was doing wrong. But she was so drown to that addiction that she never listened to others. After passing 10 class I her village she moved to Butwal for her further study.

During her college studies she get connected to more people on her social media. Conversation started simply with a guy. They started getting closer. They felt like they loved each other. She used to talk daily to her. After sometimes the method of texting by message was replaced by the calls. Finally, they decided to meet. They met on a hotel and that meeting lead to their marriage. Although this relationship can't be named marriage but there may not be any appropriate word to describe the relationship than marriage.  She moved to live with that guy. She convinced her parents about her relationship and they agreed. She stayed in his house for two months. Then started developing misunderstanding. She felt she was only attracted by his way of prasing her and his physical appearance but that wasn't love. She moved to her own parents. During her stay in her own house people in the society used to judge her badly. Although anyone said anything but her parents used to love and support her a lot. That time as well she was addicted to her phone. Again, on social media she got attracted to another guy. She started liking that guy. She was impressed when that guy said he was ready to accept her past. But her parents said her to return back to the guy's house to whom she was married. She went to that guy's house but she didn't find favourable environment for her in that house. So, she decided to leave that house. She was confused where to go. She felt herself guilty and didn't want return to her parent's house. She was disturbed mentally. She used to feel like suiciding. She started living as a street child. She used to stay in the roads ask people for food and sleep in public places like temple. There were many nights she used to sleep hungry. She has even spent many without food only with some water. After spending about 3 months on the street she went to her village. people on the village used to say bad about her but her parents always supported her.

Then she started working with Binaya Jung Basnet, a social worker. She got connected with a social organization that used to help needy people in the streets. She started doing final ritual of the dead bodies found in street. Their organization collects dead bodies in the street and inform police about them. If none comes to claim the dead bodies after post-mortem she gives dagbatti(death ritual according to Hinduism) to the dead bodies. In this critical situation of corona also they never stopped their social service activities. Within a year she had given dagbatti to more than 100 unclaimed dead bodies. Finally, her good work  even praised by BBC. She is so happy to be listen in BBC 100 women list. She wants government to help them and needy street people.

Now the people who used to see her in bad way during her bad stage of life also praise her a lot which is the happiest thing for her.

From her life we can learn never loose hope during your bad days of life. We should keep going. Life always gives second chance to everyone.

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