Trip with Binod to a banana farm
Trip with Binod to a banana farm
Trishuli bazaar and surrounding hills, 2000
Closer up on Binod
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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A girl washes at a spigot
A girl washes at a spigot
Betrawati 2000
A young girl cools off under a spigot near my school.
Out of the frame on the left, a large electrical tower was being built to bring more power from Trishuli Bazar's hydroelectric plant down river.
Out of frame on the right stands a house, half of which collapsed during my first visit to the school. Dozens of us worked for an hour or so to save the family cow that was pregnant and trapped inside. The cow, once rescued was hot and exhausted but I believe both the cow and the unborn calf survived.
Nepal, being Hindu, holds the cow as sacred.
The cow was also one of the family's most important assets.
"What about the bull," I asked my brother Binod, "…sacred?"
"No."
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Here is a shot of the partially-collpased house a few days after it happened. The aforementioned electrical tower was still being assembled, so it cannot be seen yet.
Here is a shot of the house taken about two months later.
You can see the now-completed electrical tower in the background.
The tower can also be seen (from the vantage point of the school up on the hill) behind the children playing in this photo.
Sunita and a friend fetching water
Sunita and a friend fetching water
Futung, Kathmandu, June 2011
While fetching water for home, Sunita (in red) and a friend take a brief rest.
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