Biography
Chaudhary was forced to become a Kamlari when she was eight. She was leased for Rs 7,000 a year by her parents who had nine other children. She was sent to work for a family in Dang. During this time, she was forced to work for 19 hours a day, and she lived in the cowshed. She was reprimanded for her mistakes and sometimes beaten by the landlord's wife. Chaudhary remained as a servants until she was eighteen, during which time she became active in politics. She represented Dang in a forum for the lands rights movement. In 2008, Chaudhary was chosen to lead the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Means. Her illiteracy was a problem in the CA and she started taking classes. Eventually, in 2013, she published a book, ''Kamlari Dekhi Sabhasad Samma,'' about her experiences. In 2016, she was diagnosed withReferences
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaudhary, Shanta Living people 21st-century Nepalese women politicians 21st-century Nepalese politicians 21st-century Nepalese writers 21st-century Nepalese women writers Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians 1979 births