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Celebrating together

"I had gone home, to Jhapa during Holi. I think it was 2010. Luckily_x000D_ or by chance everyone had returned home that year. So we played Holi together after a long time. Everyone was happy, you...

Published05 March 2015
Reading Time 1 mins
Author Stories of Nepal
Location Nepal
Celebrating together

"I had gone home, to Jhapa during Holi. I think it was 2010. Luckily_x000D_ or by chance everyone had returned home that year. So we played Holi together after a long time. Everyone was happy, you...

"I had gone home, to Jhapa during Holi. I think it was 2010. Luckily_x000D_ or by chance everyone had returned home that year. So we played Holi together after a long time. Everyone was happy, you know to be back home with their family. The feeling of being together and celebrating a festival with your near and dear ones is something else. At the days end someone had mentioned : “Wish we could stay back and didn’t have to go to another country to make a living. I don’t know when we will celebrate Holi like this again.” Everyone had fallen quiet after that remark. A few days ago I got a email from a friend with pictures of us from that Holi. It brought back a lot of pleasant memories."_x000D_ - Sagar Shivakoti, From Jhapa, Met him in Naxal, Kathmandu
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