In our panchayat, we counted them as married, not dropouts, because the certificates were registered. But my heart counts them as *shak thokpa*, an abrupt cutting short. I know, because I saw bright-eyed Leima, who used to mend my pots with such care, now lifting heavy water pots with a baby on her hip. The government's tally sheet only asks for a status, not for the stories of clever hands that left our training class too soon.
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