Tag: #far west
Articles tagged with #far west
Remembering the 1961 census
Silgadi, Doti in the 1960s. Photo: ROUNDS IMAGING SERVICESixty years ago, I arrived at Kolmuda of Kailali district as part of a 14-member team…
The sun rises in Nepal’s Far West
Better connectivity and a sense of identity under a new federal structure brings hope to Far-Western Province
Who will save Nepal’s poor new mothers?
25-year-old Batu Chadara, from Dandabasa village, Pandusen was nine months pregnant and was going to return a rooster she had borrowed. Photos:…
The curse of being new mothers
Dharma BudhaDharma Budha of Wai village of Bajura district gave birth to a baby three weeks ago inside a cowshed. She will stay in the dark,…
Communicating to remove menstrual taboo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezfdhBKEtsEGrowing up in Chitwan, Radha Paudel’s father used to tell her stories of faraway Jumla: how it took…
Nepal’s superwomen beat superstition
DEFYING TRADITION: This cow shed in Kailali used for menstural banishment. It has now been turned into a store room for rice husk.Media reports…
That time of the month
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIThe practice of chhaupadi in which women in western Nepal are banished to cow sheds during their periods grabs a…