Around Uttargaya school
Around Uttargaya school
2000
Siblings Sarita, Achuta, Sushila, and Pramod
Siblings Sarita, Achuta, Sushila, and Pramod
Betrawati, 2000
Group photo including Parvati, Sushant, Nisha, Manisha, Anjana, Manju, Karisha, Reshna, Binita, Ayush and others
Group photo including Parvati, Sushant, Nisha, Manisha, Anjana, Manju, Karisha, Reshna, Binita, Ayush and others
Betrawati, May 25th 2005
Young girl standing by bicycles
Young girl standing by bicycles
Betrawati, Nepal, Autumn 2000
House below Uttaragaya school that partially collapsed when a bus rumbled by
House below Uttaragaya school that partially collapsed when a bus rumbled by
Betrawati, Nepal, August 2000
Rukmani and her family
Rukmani and her family
Betrawati, late-2002
Rukmani (seated, in front of her father) was one of my students at Uttergaya Secondary English Boarding School.
In this photo, she’s sitting in front of her home with her family.
(although her older brother Rajendra must’ve been off playing somewhere)
They appear to be making bowls out of leaves for a festival (perhaps Dashain).
I love the little namaste that her little brother Khancha is giving—so sweet.
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Rukmani
Betrawati, late-2002
Anisha, Surej and Sushma
Anisha, Surej and Sushma
Beside Manamaiju temple, Manamaiju, Kathmandu, Saturday, October 3rd, 2015
When I walk past Manamaiju temple, I often see Sushma playing on the tiled area that surrounds it. On this day, her brother Surej was with her, as well as her friend Anisha.
As I take the photo, almost directly behind me is a stepped pit area with a spigot in the bottom. I believe it was used in the past for washing laundry, although right now the spigot doesn't seem to be providing any water.
Next to the stepped pit is Manamaiju Secondary School where (every day but Saturday) you can hear the sound of children rolling out over the metal gate. When school lets out at 4pm, the main street of Manamaiju is filled with students in uniform, walking in twos and threes and fours, carrying their backpacks, and talking and joking with each other.
The yellow wall seen on the left is the exterior of Manamaiju temple. The railing that surrounds it has scores of tiny shallow bowls that can be used as lamps during festivals. All they require is a bit of ghee [clarified butter made from the milk of a buffalo] or oil, and a small piece of wick.
Just to the right of the temple, you can see a home that was partialy broken apart in the earthquake and is now being disassembled for it's parts. The last couple of times that I have passed, a lone man standing atop the corrugated metal roof has been throwing down bricks for re-use.
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The house as it's being disassembled. You can see how the walls are made of brick, with the floors and roof being supported by lengths of bamboo.
Arinshrestha
Arinshrestha
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
Two-year-old Arinshrestha helps her mother Asmi build their new house.
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Bahini descending a ladder
Bahini descending a ladder
Tupche, 2000
While walking through Tupche, I happened to see this young girl as she was about to step down a ladder.
From the location of her families' house, the view from that second-story upper window must’ve looked out upon the steep verdant hill that lines Tupche’s west border.
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