Tag: #caste based discrimination
Articles tagged with #caste based discrimination
An instrument of liberation
Short film Sanai explores forbidden friendships and youth defiance to customs
For children, about children
All photos: SRIJANALAYA/THE ASIA FOUNDATIONRajib does not like school. His dreams are filled with snakes, pulling him into dark wells. He stares…
How the climate crisis adds to child marriage in Nepal
As harvests fail due to drought and floods, girls from marginalised families are forced to marry earlier to escape poverty
History in a house of worship
Laxman Ramtel was recently appointed priest of the Ganesh Mandir in Godamchaur. Photos: HIMALKHABAROne evening 20 years ago, Laxman Ramtel…
COVID-19 sharpens caste discrimination in Nepal
Kalpana Nagari and Kalawati Auji from Godavari Municipality who face double discrimination from society for being Dalit and because their…
Caste aside
The scenic Bheri River between Jajarkot and Rukum districts where the six were dumped after being killed by villagers.On 26 May, six young men…
“I never thought I would be alone this early in life”
Sunita Sunar is a widow at 20 after her husband, Tikaram was killed in the murders of six young men in Rukum on 24 May. Much of the attention…
Love's victory over racial hatred
Mildred and Richard Loving were sentenced to jail for their inter-ethnic marriage. They took the case to the Supreme Court, and won on 12 June,…
Pancha Kumari Pariyar: Still She Rises
Photos: SIKUMA RAI“When the stalks of rice grow taller, you must come back here again,” she says. “They move in the wind like waves in the…