The roof was dripping with rain. The drops that fell in the yard were flowing through the valley. Suddenly the lightning flashed. Bhimkaya uttered a loud roar and the sky roared. A five-year-old girl grabbed her younger brother and started shouting, "Mummy is...."

The rain swallowed the loud voice before it reached. A throaty voice turned into a cry. The sisters hugged each other and prayed that the rain would stop. The mother who had gone to cut grass had not arrived in Burma till then. When she reached the barn, straining with a heavy load. Sisters followed their mother who was mowing grass. Both hugged. They were crying with fear and now started shedding tears of joy.

The Bhirpakha that the mother used to do in that hilly village of Baglung. Sisters waiting for 'mummy' watching the setting sun. Even now, that scene haunts the eyes of Indu Burma, the captain of the national women's cricket team. A lullaby that can be heard until the eyelids are closed. Mother used to tell sad stories that sounded like legends. And sisters used to walk in dreams with Lori. Indu thinks now, 'What could be sweeter than a lullaby sung by a mother, more beautiful than a story told?' She used to help in the house. She used to follow her mother to go to the grass. Bhuma used to take her daughter home. Even when it was difficult to eat, live and educate the children, the mother was showing her sorrow. Indu herself understood. She thought to herself, 'Mummy's happy day will come...'

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• • Indu and brother Arjun were returning home from school. A friend said, "Your father is coming today." She only saw him in the album. Showing the person carrying her in the photo, the mother introduced her, 'Your daddy...' She used to ask her mother about the person in the photo, 'When will our daddy come?' Ramesh, who had gone to Saudi Arabia, used to send letters from time to time. Months later, after reading the letter, Bhuma would tell her daughter, "I want to see my children." I want to go back soon.'

The sun had already reached the hill. The sisters climbed the wall and looked up. The sun started to set. At that moment, the young man who was coming with a stick and a radio hummed. He was accompanied by two porters. He came closer and closer to the courtyard and called Indu, "Daughter, come here." Seeing the stranger calling, Indu got scared. She stayed away. Mother arrived. And happily said, 'Your daddy.' Then Indu slowly fell into Ramesh's arms.

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• • Indu was 7 years old. One day in 2061, Bhuma took her sisters to her uncle's house in Gulmi. The sisters, who were happy with their mother, suddenly became sad. Mother mockingly said, 'Daddy and I will go to the temple, we will bring you chocolate in the evening, stay wise.' Then mother left. In the evening, mother and sisters who were waiting for chocolates sat watching the road. It was evening. Mother did not come. He asked his grandmother, 'When will mummy come?' The grandmother assured him that she would come 'tomorrow'. Sisters who were sleeping waiting for their mother kept looking at the road again since morning. Days passed, mother did not come. Now he began to scold his grandmother. The grandmother, tired of answering, cried herself one day. Days passed, weeks passed, months passed. I thought I should not come now. Slowly Grandma started singing lullabies like Mummy. She started telling stories,' Indu remembers, 'We started sleeping with grandma.' They lovingly said, 'Now go to mummy. We have come to get you.' Indu remembers, "I can't express the happiness of that time even now." For the first time, the sisters went to Butwal with their relatives. After a long journey, he finally arrived in Butwal. Indu thought, 'Now mummy has to be found.' After reaching her grandmother's room, the sisters looked for mummy but she was not found. Grandmother said, "You will come in the evening." The sisters had stopped believing the assurances. In the evening, Tupluk's mother swung in front of them, who were saddened that they would not meet again. 

happened to Indu like a dream. The mother came close and touched it and asked, 'You are thin, what do you want to eat?' Then she collapsed on the ground. At the same time, the sisters also cried. 

Mother's child affection and the cry of the bereaved children melted everyone there. Even now, Indu's eyes tear up when she remembers. "That moment I remembered that it would be difficult for me," she says, soaking wet. After Ramesh's return, the couple began to worry about the future of their children. They decided to go to Butwal after the farming in the village failed. The children left their mother's house for two months and went to settle in Butwal. They started a hotel there. "After all the preparations, they asked me and my brother to come," Indu says. 

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• How many spectators are waiting to see Indu's performance on the cricket field. Hundreds of well-wishers are in prayer. One of those prayers is the mother's prayer. On the first day of holding the ball and the bat, instead, the boys said not to play. Neighbor scolded. But the mother continued to give energy, "Don't listen to anyone." Listen to your heart.' Indu listened to her inner player. She played unwaveringly from the field to the international arena. In meeting us, Indu remembers the ground where a Mahsur player was born. Butwal's days were different from the village. The daily life of the nursing mother was also changed. Baama was busy at the hotel from morning till night. Indu and Bhai got new clothes for school. However, the color of the dress was different. Indu asked, 'Why is the color of our dress different?' In the answer, she got to know that she and her brother were being admitted to government boarding. I wanted to go to school with my brother. I was sad when we couldn't be together,'' says Indu. The mother said, "It's difficult now." When I have money, I will teach both of them together.

Their hotel was near Apex School where the brother was studying. Indu used to run from school to the hotel as soon as it was 'half time'. And she used to help her mother. Lunch at school was cooked from our hotel. The student would grab the lunch and run away without paying mummy. When I saw this, I started helping mummy,” recalls Indu. Indu started lining up the students while distributing lunch. Seeing that, the principal of the Apex school said to the mother, "My daughter is very stubborn." Then Indu used to ride the 'Budho Cycle' and carry the beer cartons to the hotel. Once the bicycle fell. All the beer bottles broke. Indu was shocked. She started begging those around her, 'Don't buy this stuff again, you will kill me at home.' But her mother did nothing to Indu who reached home crying. On the contrary, she reminded me that she cried. People in the shops still talk, 'How much trouble did such a small Nanu have to earn so much.'

After going abroad, Indu started studying in the same school as her brother. "After reaching there, my cricket career progressed," says Indu. Indu used to play cricket in the fields with her brothers. One day the boys were playing cricket at school. She gathered 2/3 of the girls and went to the in-charge. He said there should be 11 people to play. After that, Indu started making more friends. After collecting 15 friends, she finally got to play cricket. "From the beginning, I used to swing my arms completely while bowling. I used to bat well too,' Indu remembers. A friend picked up the bat and threw it on the ground. Then she gave up by saying that she would not play. "Perhaps if I had left the cricket bat and walked, I would not be playing now," she says.  One day while playing

, Indu's team went to Bhairahawa to participate in a school level competition and came out victorious. Then the district level match took place. She was a bowler then. Not only did their team win there, Indu also became the 'Player of the Match'. Remembering that happy moment, Indu says, "I got 500 rupees at that time. I gave that money to mummy. Mami happily said - this is five lakhs for me.'

Then she went to Nepalgunj and Janakpur to play U-16. At that time, he injured his knee. After seeing her daughter who came home with injuries, the mother treated her as a healer and said, 'If you are injured, don't play.' She used to say, 'It makes me feel strong.' Slowly, Indu started to get into the news. Bhuma has collected every magazine written about her daughter. 

13-year-old Indu came to Kathmandu to play in the U-19 national tournament in 2010. Bhuma was heartbroken to be sent away from home like this. "Leaving the family for the first time, on top of that, as soon as you say Kathmandu, you will feel like a different country. Both mother and daughter cried," says Indu. It was a qualifying match for the ACC U-19 in Singapore. Indu returned as the 'player of the match'. But he had no hope of reaching Singapore. One day the assistant principal of the school arrived happily at the hotel. He said to Bhuma, 'We have to prepare now, my daughter is going to board the plane. Going abroad.' Mother who was standing before started jumping with joy after hearing that news. He called Daddy and told him, Daddy was also happy. Everyone around was happy,' says Indu.  Indu, who was 13, was the youngest when she went to the

camp. Seniors used to say, 'Ali par jao hai, pheri kilchieliu ni.' He didn't even have shoes to play with. I played in my own shoes. The shoe size was 41. I used to play with plastic and socks,'' Indu narrates. In Singapore they won. A grand reception was held at the school. He also welcomed his mother. The then Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal also welcomed the team. In Baluwatar, Nepal held Indu's hand and said, 'You play cricket for such a small person? How do you hold the bat?' The following days in the family were changing. Even the people who used to look down on us started respecting us. Slowly we started getting comfortable. After that, our lifestyle also changed,” recounts Indu.

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Bhuma has not yet visited her daughter's playground. Similarly, the Nepali women's team has rarely played on home soil. She saw it on TV once. While watching, the daughter was injured. After that, Bhuma is afraid to even watch it on TV. Induka Ba looks at the 'volume' bigger.  As soon as Indu comes, she shouts, 'Chori ai, chori ai.' Mother hears that. After the game is not as expected, Ba says, 'Jamma has scored so many runs.' Bhuma is worried. And scolding Ramesh, she says, 'You should keep quiet and watch, don't listen to me.' However, Bhuma enjoys celebrating her daughter's victory. A mother has the same dream as Indu - to see her daughter play and win the World Cup. Every now and then she says, "Whenever you go abroad, don't come with a trophy, daughter." Her mother's words like this make Indu's confidence even stronger. When she found out that she was the captain, she told her mother in horror, "Mummy, I have become a captain." Now how to take it forward?' Mother happily suggested, 'Take it forward the way Ruvina didi did. You can.' Mother's words 'can' make every path easy for Indu.

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Sisters who used to be scared when their mother went somewhere are now far away from home. Bhai in Indian Army, Indu in Kathmandu to play cricket. They were waiting for their mother yesterday. Now the mother is making the way for her children to come. She says, 'It's difficult when you are far away.' When she first came to Kathmandu, Indu thought, 'Who should I tell when I get hurt? Who do you tell when you're hungry? There is no mother here. Bhuma kept calling and asking. Indu reaches home on vacation. When she returns, her mother tears up and asks, 'When will you come back?' Indu assures her just like her mother did when she was young. Bhuma says goodbye with a heavy heart and looks at the way her daughter has gone. And she is counting - the day her daughter will return!