Sadhu Baba: Ganga Dash, 55, is living in Pashupatinath Temple areas in Kathmandu since 30 years. He is Guru Maharaj for all the junior Sadhus in the temple. He was born in Mohatari district of Nepal. Every morning he opens his coiled two and half meters long hair and one meter long beard. The hair is dead locked. He never use soap or shampoo, instead he uses ashes as cleaner. The locked long hair and beard shows his devotion in his life. It took him four decades to make such a long hair and beard. 20 July 2012. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Mountain Goat Caravan: A herder with his caravan of goats heads towards grazing land in high altitude of Mustang, a Himalayan district of Nepal. Animal husbandry is one of the options for livelihood of Mountain people in high Himalaya. 30 September 2012. Mustang Nepal.
Free and Clean Too: Wind winnowing is common traditional technology that use wind energy for the separation of grain from the husk. The woman who is winnowing is Yangden Gurung, she is 39 and belongs to the indigenous mountain community of Nepal. She is separating Buckwheat from husk with the help of strong wind that flows through her village most of the time. Buckwheat is one of the staple foods of her family. The wind energy she is using is free and clean too. 30 September 2012. Mustang Nepal.
Child Labor Navesh Shah, 11, from the Sarlahi district, works on a flat tire of a motorbike in a cycle workshop in the Kathmandu city. He started to work in the workshop three months ago when he left his school. 2 February 2012. Kathmandu, Nepal.
I stand on my land but I don’t own it: The family of Ganga KC’s has 7 Ropani of Land and a house that passed to her family from former generation but none of the above property is registered in her Name. Ganga blames the traditional social structure and the Patriarchy that prevents women to get the equal share of the property that passes from one generation to another. She says, “property of former generation simply passes to the sons but daughter or daughter -in–law has to ask for the same property”. 7 February, 2013. Kavre district, Nepal.
Seasonal Migrant Workers: Seasonal migrant workers from India carry ready bricks to load onto a truck at a brick factory in Kathmandu, Nepal. 25 March 2012. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Adaptation to climate Change: Water reserve pond in Pangling village of Nepal. Due to the global warming and climate change glaciers are melting fast and water source are drying out in high Himalaya. But the farmers of Pangling village has adapted to the effect of climate change by making water reserve pond. Every night water is collected in the two pond from a small stream and at the day time the water is released for irrigation and consumption for the village. 30 September 2012. Mustang Nepal.
Rice Planting Festival A tourist plays with mud and water during a Rice Planting Festival organized to educate about monsoon rice plantation in Nepal. Rice is one of the most important commodities in Nepal. The plantation of rice is also celebrated as festival. Farmers and other people play with some mud, get a bit wet, and mingle with the traditional foods. Kathmandu, Nepal. 7th June 2012
Religious Purification : A Hindu woman takes holy bath in Bagmati River on the occasion of Rishi Panchami festival at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. Hindu women believe that the fasting, worship and the holy bath in the river will purify any offenses that occurred during menstruation period. 20 September 2012. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Living in the front line of climate change: Laktchi Sherpa, 36, dries the family clothes with her daughter in the backyard of her rented home in Dolakha. The river is the Tamakoshi river , the downstream of Tsho Rolpa Glacial lake. The lake is one of high priority potentially dangerous glacial lakes of Nepal Himalayas. As a result of climate change and fast retreating of glacier; the lake had increased from 0.23 square kilometer to 1.53 square kilometer in the last five decades .The fast retreating glaciers and adjoining glacial lakes increasing the threats of glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF). GLOFs most likely would cause extensive effects on the downstream pose a threat to human lives and properties.” 3 March 2012. Dolakha, Nepal.
Nation First: A Nepalese with his national flag during a mass gathering organized by civil societies to give pressure to the Constituent Assembly to draft the constitution on Time. 23 May 2012. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Pollination: A labor bee collects pollen grain from the flower of mustard oil plant in at farm in Lalitpur in Kathmandu valley. 29 March 2012. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Play like normal: Puspa Bhandari plays ball with Khem Raj Khadka in an alternative school called the Saphalta HIV Shiksya Sadan in Kritipur. There are seven children in the school shelter, between the age of 5 to 11, living happily like other normal children Children who are HIV positive are often denied for school education in Nepal. Due to the stigma and misinformation surrounding HIV/AIDS, schools are too frightened to enroll them. To fill the gap an alternative school called the Saphalta HIV Shiksya Sadan School, has been set up in just for HIV-positive children. 30 March 2013.
Daughter’s Education: A student learning at a kindergarten at Asha Primary School in Kathmandu. Since some years the percentage of daughter education has increased due to awareness in Nepalese family.
Happy Oil Massage: Pranav Baral, looks at his mother during oil massage. Pranav gets his oil massage every day in the evening before sleep. Pranav is my son and was born in 23 April, 2012. 18 August 2012. Kathmandu, Nepal.
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