In the autobiography ‘The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story Of War And What Comes After’ by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil, it is stated that when most children begin to start learning to ride their bikes or tie their shoelaces, Clemantine was introduced to a world of hate, war, hunger, rape, and hardship. Six- year- old, Clemantine and her 15-year-old sister, Claire, were forced to leave their home in Rwanda and become refugees.

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June 12, 2018 12:10 pm

Tahira Banu believes, “Allah will help those who are in the way of Allah”.  Currently settled in Patan, Banu spent her childhood in Chettrapati. Of 45 years of her life, she has spent 30 years selling glass beads and hair ribbons -- prerequisite constituents of Hindu weddings.