Gobinda Prasad Pokharel
It was a normal afternoon in my village home in Urlabari Municipality, Morang District. While walking along the roadside, I noticed something unusual — a tiny turtle barely 100 grams was struggling to move across the concrete path.
Its shell was soft and flexible and with a closer look, I realized it was the Indian Flapshell Turtle — locally called ‘पुतली कछुवा’ or Butterfly Turtle.