Somya tries out the drums
Kathmandu, May 21st, 2011
At the Niharika Shishu Kunja High School dance exhibition,
Somya, a son of one of the teachers, tries his hand at the drums.
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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.
Nisha dances
Kathmandu, May 21st, 2011
My first visit back to Niharika Shishu Kunja High School, I discovered they were putting on a dance exhibition the following day. Over thirty students of varied ages performed beautiful dances, both traditional as well as Bollywood-style.
Nisha was one of the especially brave students who took her place in front of her entire school and danced alone.
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On the road to Dadagaun
Kathmandu, May 2011
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Babu in a shop
Kathmandu, May 2011
Each day I pass this small shop, a storefront built much like a garage—complete with a metal shutter to draw down at closing. This day, the shopkeepers son [babu means young boy] stands on the counter and we exchange spirited hellos.
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Boy in a tea shop
Kathmandu, January 2003
I believe I was looking for the Shree Ganesh Himal Boarding School, when I stopped in this tea shop to ask for directions. This young boy worked there, the proprietor’s son I think.
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Sabina and Debika, eleven and six
Manamaiju, Kathmandu, 2003
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Harshu
Kathmandu, May 2011
I took this photo of Harshu (pronounced “Har-saw”) in Futung-6, near the school that is by Nag Pokhari. I think I had been petting the puppies when he walked by, coming home from school.
When I went back to give him his photo a few days later, I went from house to house before I found his mother Parmilla and gave it to her.
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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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Bandmembers at Sunita's wedding
Dadagaun, Kathmandu, February 1st 2005
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