From Rs. 3 And One Pair Of Clothes To A Bakery Worth Crores, Then The Flood Took Everything: The Story Of Tara Tamang

Kathmandu, September 6, 2026: For Tara Tamang of Devighat, Nuwakot, starting from zero is not something she knows only in words. She has already lived through it once.

Years ago, Tara says she was forced to leave her in laws’ home after facing rejection because her marriage was intercaste. She says she walked away with just Rs 3 and one pair of clothes. She had no property to fall back on and no financial security. But she had two daughters to raise and a life to build.

What followed was years of extraordinary hard work. Tara says she worked relentlessly, sometimes sleeping for only around two hours between midnight and 2 am, as she tried to earn, care for her twin daughters and build something of her own.

Slowly, that struggle became a livelihood. Her small beginning grew into a bakery business that she says eventually became worth crores of rupees.

Then came the flood.

Years Of Work Buried In Mud

The recent flood in Devighat devastated Tara’s home and bakery, destroying much of what she had spent years building.

When her story was documented after the disaster, Tara was standing in the flood affected area surrounded by mud and destruction. She was trying to pull out the few clothes and belongings she could still recover from her damaged home.

For Tara, the loss is not simply about money.

Every part of the business represented years of work, sleepless nights and the struggle of a mother determined to build a secure future for her daughters. She had already climbed from almost nothing once. Now, after reaching a point where she had built a successful livelihood, the flood has pushed her back toward the beginning.

“I Built Everything For My Daughters”

Tara says her daughters were one of the biggest reasons she kept going through the hardest years of her life.

After leaving her in laws’ home, she had to find a way to survive while raising her twin daughters. There was no shortcut to rebuilding.

She worked.

She saved.

She continued even when there was little time left to rest.

According to Tara, there were periods when her demanding routine meant she would sleep only between around midnight and 2 am before returning to work.

That struggle eventually gave her something she could call her own. The bakery was not simply a business. It represented independence and a future she had created through her own labour.

From Rs 3 To Crores

Tara describes her journey as one that began with only Rs 3 and a pair of clothes.

Over the years, her bakery grew. What started from almost nothing eventually developed into a business she says was worth crores.

That makes the destruction especially painful.

The flood did not destroy something that had been handed to her. It damaged what she says took years of sacrifice to create.

She now faces the painful reality of having to rebuild once again.

But Her Deepest Pain Is Not About Property

Despite losing her home and livelihood, Tara says another part of the disaster has hurt her deeply.

She says that even after everything that happened, no one from the family that once rejected her has contacted her to ask whether she and her two daughters are safe or how they are surviving.

Tara says she is not asking for their property.

She does not say she wants their wealth.

What she wishes she had received was something far simpler: compassion from her own people and someone close enough to share her pain.

For someone surrounded by the physical destruction of a flood, that absence of emotional support has become another kind of loss.

A phone call asking, “Are you and your daughters okay?” would have meant something.

Starting From Zero For A Second Time

Tara has already proved once that she can build a life from almost nothing.

But rebuilding after a disaster is different. The years, money, equipment, belongings and security accumulated over time cannot simply be recreated overnight.

Her story also shows what disaster statistics often cannot.

Behind every damaged house or destroyed business is a personal history. There are years of work behind a shop, memories inside a home and families whose lives can change in a matter of hours.

For Tara, the flood has brought her back to a place she hoped she would never have to face again.

She started with almost nothing once.

She worked until she built something substantial.

Now she must find the strength and support to begin again.

Tara Has Allowed Her Story To Be Shared

Tara has given permission for her story and contact details to be made public so that people who genuinely want to support her recovery can contact her directly.

Name: Tara Tamang
Location: Devighat, Nuwakot
Contact: 9813066629 / 9827234772

Her appeal is not only about replacing what the flood destroyed. It is about getting an opportunity to stand again after years of work disappeared in a disaster she could not control.

Tara spent years rebuilding her life for herself and her daughters. Today, a little compassion, encouragement and support could help her begin that journey for a second time.