Neighbors Ashmeeta and Malati
Neighbors Ashmeeta and Malati
Betrawati, 2005
Purnima and Alisha
Purnima and Alisha show their henna’ed hands
Purnima and Alisha show their henna’ed hands
Balaju, Kathmandu, June 12th, 2020
Asiya, Sushal, Raj, and Ashmita (in pink)
Children selling saag at Macha Pokhari
Sushal and Ashmita
Children selling saag at Macha Pokhari
Macha Pokhari, Balaju, Kathmandu, June 3rd, 2020
A didi paints her bahini's nails
A didi paints her bahini's nails
Balaju, Kathmandu, March 19th, 2020
Four friends
Four friends
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, October 28th, 2015
Siblings Sachem and Subashna (in the blue and yellow) with their friends. In the sideyard entryway of their apartment building.
One of the first times I met Sachem and Subashna, they motioned me to bend down like they wanted to tell me a secret. I leaned down and canted my head to hear better, and they kissed my cheeks.
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Ganesh
Ganesh
Dadagaun, Kathmandu, Saturday, September 26th, 2015
I met Ganesh while I was delivering a photo to his wife Anjana.
Ganesh works as a bus driver for one of the international schools on Manamaiju Marg.
Being Saturday, it was his day off and he was in the process of fixing the motorcycle seen in the photo.
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Anjana
Dadagaun, Kathmandu, Saturday, September 19th, 2015
Sabina and Debika, eleven and six
Sabina and Debika, eleven and six
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, 2003
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Laughter in the afternoon sun
Laughter in the afternoon sun
Dadagaun, Kathmandu, 2011
My friend Sunita’s neighbors. Standing in the courtyard where Sunita married in 2006, beneath lines festooned with colorful flags. Those stairs in the background? There’s another set when you get to the top—it's where I took this photo of two friends.
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Friends and next-door neighbors
Friends and next-door neighbors
Dadagaun, Kathmandu 2005
Across the road from the small school, and just a few meters downhill from Sunita's house, we'd say hello and exchange smiles each day.
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Friends on Manamaiju Marg
Friends on Manamaiju Marg
Dadagaun, Kathmandu, May 2011
On the way to my friend Sunita's house, I would regularly pass by these women who lived nearby. Reena, the woman in red, has a son named Sweeker with a wonderful smile.
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Reena's son