Indramaya receives a tika from her mother
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, 2002

I met Indramaya and her family when we bumped into each other on a path. They were returning from farming on a piece of their land, and they invited me to their house for tea.

Indraymaya’s family is very sweet and welcoming, and it is they that I most think of when I think of Manamaiju.

Indramaya’s bahini [younger sister] Sushmita is sitting next to her.

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An old photo of Indramaya’s father and mother on the wall of the family home.