Children saying Hi while we were stopped at a bus stop
Children saying Hi while we were stopped at a bus stop
In the one small village where the bus would stop for people to buy food, in between Betrawati and Kathmandu, 2000
Trip with Binod to a banana farm
Trip with Binod to a banana farm
Trishuli bazaar and surrounding hills, 2000
Closer up on Binod
Sisters Amrita and Sita
Sisters Amrita and Sita
Betrawati, 2005
Sabitri at the window
Sabitri at the window
Balaju, Kathmandu, November 22nd, 2018
Malina and Nabina, bahini and didi
Malina and Nabina, bahini and didi
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, September 6th, 2018
I met Nabina about fifteen years ago; and her sister Malina a couple of years later, when Nabina would often carry her younger sibling around.
A younger Nabina holding a younger Malina.
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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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Peeking into the nursery classroom
Peeking into the nursery classroom
Niharika Shishu Kunja High School, Balaju Bypass, Kathmandu, September 22nd, 2015
Sarada was helping her nursery students with their writing of Nepali numbers,
when I looked up and saw these two girls peeking in through the window from next door.
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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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Asmi and Ramdevi, bohini and didi
Asmi and Ramdevi, bohini and didi
Kathmandu, June 18th, 2011
I stopped by a house where I had taken a family photo in the past. While Ramdevi (above in red) filled me in on some of the names that I hadn't gotten those many years ago, she herself is not in the older photo (which can be seen below).
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Asmi and Ramdevi’s family, back in 2005 (or 2003). I believe that is Asmi in the pink.
Sister and brother
Sister and brother
A small town somewhere between Betrawati and Kathmandu, 2000
With my school closing for a week, I was heading south to Kathmandu.
The five-hour bus ride always made one brief stop along the way, in one of a handful of sixty-meter towns built around a dozen or so restaurants.
Taking the chance to stretch my legs, I walked by another bus and saw this sister and brother looking out of their open window. I namaste’d them and then went to shake their hands. One of them shook my hand and the other turned my hand and gave it a quick kiss, making me laugh in surprise. I asked if I could take their photo and they said yes. I wish I had gotten their names, but the whole interaction was probably over in less than 30 seconds. I never saw them again.
I am so glad that I got their photo,
and I feel that wherever they are today, that they are doing great things with others.
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