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At first glance, they are simply three women at the gym. They arrive, work out, lift weights and leave. But spend a little more time talking to them and the story becomes something else. They are mothers. They carry children, run households, worry about their families and navigate the expectations…
“Have you figured out what it means to be a woman?” I look at Aama (mother), her slightly wrinkling eyes, the adornment on her nose, and the tika between her eyebrows. I have been asking these questions lately—to myself, to the women around me, to the women who seem to know the answer, to the
A person can buy bottled water almost anywhere in Kathmandu. Finding a place to refill a bottle is much harder. That difference shapes behaviour. Students buy another bottle between classes. Office workers do the same on their way home. Visitors at parks, bus stops and public offices often have no…
There was a time when I never thought I would become a smoker. Until I was 21, smoking and drinking had simply never been part of my life. I was not interested in either, nor did I feel the need to join in because others were doing it. In fact, long before I ever touched
