MUGU, July 20 -- Sixteen-year-old Kalpana Buda from Lamera village in Khatyad Rural Municipality, Mugu, is the mother of a 10-month-old boy. She failed the School Education Examination last year and her plan to take the exam this year did not materialise because her hands were full-with taking care of her baby and doing household chores.
"I feel sad for not being able to continue school," said Kalpana. "Perhaps I married in haste."
Kalpana's neighbour Indira Buda, 20, eloped and got married when she was 13. Now she is a mother of two-a three-year-old girl and a nine-month-old boy.
Both the mothers lamented over tying the knot so early in life. "When we got married we didn't realise how tough it would get," said Indira.
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