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Sunita, 25, sold to a travelling circus in India

My grandmother took me to the circus one day and left me. I never saw my family again. I was amazed by the circus, they were like gods. They beat us and shouted, but it became normal. We travelled all the time. One day we were rescued and taken to a refuge in Nepal. They tried to give us new families, new lives, but all I could think about was performing. So some of us from the refuge created Circus Kathmandu. The circus is so beautiful, I don’t ever want to leave. A documentary about Circus Kathmandu, Even When I Fall, is released next year.

Photo: Kishor Sharma for the Guardian