Nepal, March 19 -- Rights activists, her husband and media have made life difficult for Durga Devi Panta, Nirmala's mother

Nirmala Panta's mother Durga Devi is not fine these days. People may jump to the conclusion that the brutal murder of her daughter and uncertainty about justice has left her in agony. That is not the whole story. Rights activists, her husband and media projected things differently and that has made life extremely hard for this single mother. Close observation displays hypocrisies and hollow concerns.

When the case was catching fire and Kanchanpur was protesting, Durga Devi and Nirmala's father Yagyaraj were quietly brought to Kathmandu (which created a rift between Helen Shah and Mina Bhandari factions of protestors...