After Rabi Bhandari was shot in the leg during Nepal's Gen Z protests, his ridesharing work came to a halt.
Bhandari, from Sindhuli, is still undergoing treatment and had also been planning to go overseas for work.
But he says the past year has been spent dealing with struggles far beyond those plans. Our Nepal correspondent Pratichya Dulal spoke with Bhandari one year after the September protests.
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