After the deluge: A girl’s will to rise from the rubble

A massive landslide tore through the back of her home

- AMITAVA BANERJEE

Simran Tamana

(MPOST)

When the mountains roared on the night of October 4, sixteen-year-old Simran Tamang of Kaule Bich village in Mirik barely escaped with her life.

A massive landslide tore through the back of her home, burying part of it under mud and debris.

In a matter of minutes, the Class XII student lost everything—her home, and along with it the fragile sense of security that once defined her childhood.