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Sharing photos
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, Nepal, October 3rd, 2015
Malina and Nabina, bahini and didi
Malina and Nabina, bahini and didi
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, September 6th, 2018
I met Nabina about fifteen years ago; and her sister Malina a couple of years later, when Nabina would often carry her younger sibling around.
A younger Nabina holding a younger Malina.
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Friends in the doorway of a beauty shop
Friends in the doorway of a beauty shop
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, October 28th, 2015
Perhaps one-hundred-and-fifty meters past Manamajiju Temple, the main street thins as it enters an area of older buildings built closer together.
On your right, as the road thins, there is a small two-doorway’ed beauty shop where I met these friends enjoying each others company.
Pantee (in purple),
Sujina (in the background) and
Kashari (in the red head scarf).
I believe it is Kashari’s shop.
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Raman and Sushmita
Raman and Sushmita
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, October 2015
I arrived at Sushmita’s house and she pulled me aside and asked me "Guess who this is". I searched my mind, but I couldn't think of who it could be. Then she told me "Remember the baby you held [back in 2002]?"
Her nephew Raman is thirteen now—a lot taller than I remember.
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Holding Raman back in 2002.
Parvati
Parvati
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, October 2015
I first met Parvati, along with her sisters Indramaya, Susmita and Ashmita, back in 2002. They were returning from farming and we were both taking the same trail up the side of a green hill to Manamaiju. I think they may have invited me for tea then, or perhaps it was later, when I brought them a photo of our first meeting. Like all in her family, Parvati has a wonderful smile, an easy laugh, and a heart of gold.
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Bipin and his mother
Bipin and his mother
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, October 2015
I first took Bipin’s photo back in 2002, when he was bundled on his mother’s back while she was bringing in laundry. Now it is 13 years later, and Bipin is 14.
(I realize that in all this time, I have misplaced his mothers name in my notes—I plan to remedy that on my next walk-through)
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Bipin flying a kite
Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
A moment of quiet
A moment of quiet
Across from Manamaiju temple, Manamaiju, Kathmandu, Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Walking by Manamaiju temple this afternoon, I saw a boy to my left sitting quietly atop the remains of a brick wall. Absolutely noiseless, just breathing and looking out across a valley. I wondered, was his mind awash with thoughts, or peacefully quiet.
A few moments later, a mother and daughter walked by. They stopped and looked as well.
No one said a word. The mother held her daughter in front of her as they looked together.
It was the absolute picture of peace.
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Salman
Salman
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, October 8th, 2015
I was walking though Manamaiju when Salman came up to me and asked if I would take his photo. He had seen the photo with his niece Sushma and wanted a photo of himself.
Behind Salman, some paper was being burned on the ground, leading to the smoky background that the sun’s shining through. Two boys in the background stand in front of Manamaiju Secondary School.
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Rabina
Rabina
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, Monday, October 12th, 2015
With a twelve-year-old photo (seen below) in hand, I went looking to see if I could find Sabina or Debika.
From the details of the old photo, I knew that the building they sat in front of in 2003 was now gone. We asked at a small shop, showing the photo, and were told to go down to the furniture shop.
Down the way a bit, under a blue tarp, a man worked with a chisel on lengths of wood, creating tenon joints. We showed him the photo and he motioned to a small room-sized building a stone’s throw away made from corrugated metal. Someone under the tarp called "Oh, Rabina bahini" and a moment later, Sabina’s younger sister Rabina came out and greeted us.
She loved seeing the photo of her older sister—younger in the photo than Rabina is now. She let us know that Sabina was fine, but that she lived in a different part of Kathmandu now. I was struck with how much Rabina looked like her didi [older sister].
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Rabina and her mother Sanu.
Binisha, Binita and Bibisa
Binisha, Binita and Bibisa
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, Saturday, October 3rd, 2015
Between Abina’s house and Sanju’s, I happened upon siblings Binisha (in grey), Binita (in red), and Bibisa (in blue) in the pathway. Now whenever I visit Abina, Sanju or Chanda’s house, these siblings run over and we do the handshake thing where I spin them around.
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A group shot of some of the children from the neighborhood.
Seated, from left to right: Aruna (in stripes), Bibek (with HansaPlast on head), Binita, Binisha, Bibisa, and Pralesh (in green shirt).
Standing: Binita (in light blue tanktop), Sarmila (in pink), and Janus (in yellow).