Mahesh
Betrawati, November 2002

“Tapai ko naam ke ho?” I asked him.
[What is your name?]

I didn’t know if he gave me a nickname or his actual name,
but the name was one I had never heard of before in Nepal.
In my little photo notebook, I wrote the word that I thought he said in quotes.

“Mice.”

Update: Serika has let me know that his name is actually Mahesh.

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