Preparing the fields
Preparing the fields
Betrawati, 2002
Sisters Sushmita (in red), Manju (in purple), and Shushila (in green)
Shushila
Mother Dyoti
Rajesh
Lakshman
Grandmother Sabitri
brothers Rajesh and Rabindra (and Lakshman on the right)
Barsha
Bhai tika (the 5th and final day of the Tihar festival)
Bhai tika (the 5th and final day of the Tihar festival)
Betrawati, 2000
Indu holding Aashish
Santosh and Barsha
Though she be but little...
Though she be but little...
Manamaiju, Kathmandu 2002
Shanti carries her bai [younger brother] Jiram, 2,
while her other bai Bijay, 4, stands near.
“Though she be but little, she is fierce”
—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 2
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Family
Family
Manamaiju, Kathmandu
One of the things I love about Nepal is the warmth of the people. Friendly, inviting, and always open to laughter.
The route that I would walk most days took me on a long hairpin path. This family lived on the latter half of that hairpin, very near to the house of Ambika and Kopila. I believe this photo was taken on a late-winter day, as the family was enjoying the warmth of the winter sun on their second-story roof.
In the lower left hand corner you can see a small hand broom and a shallow woven basket used for sorting and drying rice and vegetables.
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Rajendra, Rukmani, and little brother Khancha
Rajendra, Rukmani, and little brother Khancha
Betrawati, 2002
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Sisters Sushmita, Manju and Shushila
Sisters Sushmita, Manju and Shushila
Betrawati, 2002
Sushmita, Manju and Shushila lived beside the dusty road that snakes through Betrawati. I remember that Manju went to my school, but I don't recall if Sushmita or Sushila did (there were at least two other schools within a 20 minute walk). Their brother Rabindra was one of the first children I met in the village. He saw me buying several Choco-Fun candy bars on one of my first days, and so sometimes when he would see me he would shout "Choco-Fun!" as a way of greeting.
These two color photos were taken in 2002, on a day when the children were preparing their family's field for planting. You can see the wooden plow being helped along by brothers Rajesh and Rabinda below. In the background you can see most of Uttargaya Secondary English Boarding School.
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Below is a photo of siblings Manju and Rabindra taken in late 2000.