"It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,' says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good time...
"There was a time when we used to fight among siblings for leftover Dhedo, (a mixture of flour and water or butter). I make seto bhat (white rice) almost everyday for my kids. But every time I make...
"He will not eat until his father returns from his morning shift in the fields. And sometimes the father arrives late as he loves to stop and hobnob with the villagers on his way back. The food is...
When I look at him, I forget everything. It's like time does not exist anymore. It's the time of peace for me. A time where I share my happiness and sorrows with my son. It a silent conversation if...
"If you think about it, a mother gives birth not only to children but to the future. The next generation owe it to us like we owe it to our mother's. My son run a successful poultry farm and is...
"When all the world is young lad,_x000D_ And all the trees are green;_x000D_ And every goose a swan, lad,_x000D_ And every lass a queen;_x000D_ And round the world away;_x000D_ Young blood must have...
She spotted me in the frenzied crowd but I kept clicking. The Kumari, a young girl dressed in a red and golden costume who is worshipped by thousands, is appointed as an incarnation of the goddess...
"It's a vivid recollection. I was on a pilgrimage. They woke up and asked us to get off the bus. It was dark but I could see it was an open ground, almost the size of a football field. We were to...
"I feel like I am an artist, an artist who is creating a human, a life! I feel like the baby in me is not just a human being but a form of art. I am also loving the transformation that I am...
Today, maybe the monastery of Charang VDC, Mustang will get to bask in the morning winter sun as it did on that particular day. Maybe.
"I don't want to be a rickshaw driver when I grow up. I see my father get upset when he has a scuffle with a customer refusing the pay."_x000D_ What do you want to be when you grow up?_x000D_ "I want...
Before the chills of winter invade the hours of Upper Mustang, families can be seen migrating to lower altitudes for warmer climates. The villages up to Lo Manthang will now become nothing but...
"In troubling times I look back at how my dad would handle things. I remember him smoking cigar and explaining my brothers and sisters the meaning of things- words of wisdom. He had a lion statue...
Who's in love?_x000D_ _x000D_ - Met the kids in Kurintar, Chitwan on the way to Gorkha._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_
It was the first time I met the father, Himraj Tamang. On my first visit, I remember Sabina (in the picture) and her younger sister Sajina sleeping on a pile of trash while her mother separated...
"Wait!"_x000D_ _x000D_ Students at the Kag Chode Thupten Samphel Ling Monastery in Kagbeni, Mustang participate in daily prayers with the monks twice a day. This was right after the completion of the...
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