Receiving Tika

Santosh's sister Maiya receives tika from her husband's father. He puts a few grains of red-dyed rice on her forhead, saying a blessing for health or long life or something along those lines. Then he tucks some of the wheat and rice stalks in her hair or behind her ear and gives her money.

Welcomed home in Nepal

October 18th 2013
During my Eid holidays from work in Bangladesh I flew up to Nepal for a week with my friend Catherine's family. She married into a Nepalese family almost ten years ago and has been encouraging me to go visit them ever since. Even though she couldn't get away from work this year, her husband Santosh came from London for the festival of Dashian, also known as Durga Puja. I was so fortunate to hav ... read more

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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more

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