Sarmila in purple carrying hay
Sarmila in purple carrying hay
Tupche, late 2002
Manisha in purple
Manisha in purple
Betrawati, May 25th 2005
Holi Purnima at Patan Durbar Square
Holi Purnima at Patan Durbar Square
Patan Durbar Square, Kathmandu, March 9th, 2020
Aunt and her niece, cooking a meal
Aunt and her niece, cooking a meal
Janakpur, Nepal, October 21st, 2015
Urmila (in orange) and her niece Ram Kala work to prepare a meal.
Urmila is one of my friend’s maternal aunts, and Ram Kala is a cousin.
With the punitive months-long Indian blockade of fuel and supplies, cooking gas is almost impossible to come by and so meals are cooked over wood fires. Because of the smoke inherent with wood fires, families try to cook outside if possible. Cooking times are lengthened, and with only one stove “burner”, each part of the meal (lentils, rice, tea, et cetera) must wait it’s turn to be cooked.
Though the small rectangular stool in the lower-left is only a couple of inches tall, it can make all the difference comfort-wise when one is squatting by the fire for an hour or more.
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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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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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Celebrating the end of exams
Celebrating the end of exams
Baundeshwor waterfall, Jhor Mahankal, Kathmandu, Monday, September 5th, 2015
Third-year students from the Shankarapur Academy celebrate the end of their exams.
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Ayusa and her mother
Ayusa and her mother
Balaju, Kathmandu, Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
I was in the barbershop of Ayusa’s parents this afternoon getting my hair cut.
Ayusa, was playing on the weathered wooden chair by the door.
Her mother was close at hand, talking to her and lovingly tussling her hair.
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Women enjoying each other’s company
Women enjoying each other’s company
Dadagaun, Kathmandu 2005
The road named Manamiju Marg follows a long slope. There is a bit of a crest, then a hammock-like dip, before it starts to rise again. Some of these friends and neighbors live in that “hammock” area. Between and behind their houses there are a terraced fields.
The day I took this photo, the woman in purple was visiting; one of their mother’s, I believe.
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Afterwards (or perhaps before) I got my photo taken as well.