Trio of friends
Dadagaun, Kathmandu, 2006

There is a path that runs behind Sunita's house; so thin, that as you walk it, you can hold out your left hand and run your palm along the back wall of her house.

Near the start of the path there is a communal spigot, where pots are washed—the crumbs and water streaming away between rounded pebbles. The path continues back to a few doors leading to small rectangular rooms of an apartment block.

The young woman in turquoise was my friends neighbor. I believe her two friends were over visiting the day of the photo. When I returned five years later, I asked after her, but she had since moved.

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Sunita’s family's house.