Photos with students, last day at Uttargaya
Betrawati, 2000
Closer up on children
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Closer up of Gyan
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Closer up of Gagan Raj
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Closer up of Sujan
Closer up of Sudan
Nine students visiting the area from Kathmandu (I think)
Outside of Trishuli by the hydroelectric pipe-bridge, October 25th, 2000
Closer up, Rudina on the far-right
Children doing their homework
Betrawati, May 25th 2005
Punywati didi helping Sandika bahini with her homework
Children walking to Uttargaya school in the morning
Betrawati, Nepal, Summer 2000
Letting some of my students lead the way, along the long bumpy road to our school.
A video taken by Serika, traveling the same stretch of road some twenty-three years later.
Nirmala reads Frog & Toad to her class
Balaju, Kathmandu, September 6th, 2018
On this trip, I brought along some of my favorite books to read to children, Arnold Lobel’s stories of Frog & Toad being the closest to my heart.
The boy on the right (leaning forward on the backpack) is Nirmala’s son Samrat.
Children from the Nursery class
Balaju, Kathmandu, September 5th, 2018
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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Students at Niharika Shishu Kunja High School
Tuesday, September 15th, 2015
Tomorrow is the first day of Teej, the woman’s festival in Nepal;
today was Children’s Day and the students at the Niharika school had an exhibition of dance;
a fantastic time was had by all.
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Students playing
Uttargaya Secondary English Board School, Betrawati, autumn of 2000
A few of my students play a dancing game of their own creation.
The game is played by standing in a circle, with each child putting one foot out behind them, and resting it behind the knee of the child next to them.
(Serika, the tallest in the photo, described it as "making a web just by putting in one leg")
They then would then sing a song and clap along, hopping and turning-as-a-group on their remaining feet.
I just messaged Serika to see if the game had a name, but she said it didn't—so I think we’re going to call it “The Serika”.
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Now fifteen years later, Serika is a talented photographer and sent me some portraits that she has taken recently.
I have included them below:
(images copyright Serika Thapa)
Baklu, Serika’s nephew
"His real name is Subhan but everyone calls him Baklu."
Anubhav and a friend
"That guy with guitar is my brother Anubhav."
Sapana
Serika’s friend Sapana playing a card game called Judh Patti during the festival season.
Sapana’s name means dream in Nepali.
Four friends on their day off
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, January 7th, 2003
On my way back from Manamaiju, I met these four students who were enjoying their day off.
They are, from left-to-right, Kamala, Sumitra, Roshni and Rojina—all from Shree Ganesh Himal Boarding School.
I wrote down the name of their school, and after a bit of looking a few days later, I finally found it and was able to give them their photo.
Now they are all 25 and 26, and I'm sure they are doing great things.
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