Kopila and the story of “K”

September 15, 2009

I am Kopila Basnet. I have a husband and three daughters.  I live in Jhapa with my extended family.  My family, my two brothers-in-law and their families and my parents-in-law share my husband’s father’s house in Birtamod.
When I started my career as a lawyer it was very hard for me to establish myself because there [...]

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A Day at the Office

September 3, 2009

Our office is situated metres from the edge of the busy East West Highway which is filled with gaily painted trucks with musical horns, beeping cars, belching buses, motorbikes, pushbikes, rickshaws, cows, goats and brave pedestrians. The road runs through Nepal’s plains (Terai) region and connects Kathmandu and the Indian border at Kakkabhitta, just 17 [...]

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Teej and henna inspirations

August 26, 2009

Last month was Shrawan, the month in which the monsoon began (albeit a little late) and the month where ladies wear green saris or green kurta surwals and gorgeous green and orange jewelry.
It is also the month to get elaborate and imaginative henna designs painted on your hands and arms. You can do your own, [...]

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Website magic

August 18, 2009

It has been an amazing time since our website launched. For those living in computer blessed countries where nearly every home has one, where broadband is the norm and where the connection is fast and reliable, it may be hard to convey the impact of the birth of our website.
Some of the ladies were seeing [...]

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First post…many thanks

July 2, 2009

You are reading this thanks to the support and encouragement of so many people from the local and international community. As we have said elsewhere, the very existence of this longed for website is due to the hard work, talent and generosity of Cynthia Tinapple of Ohio, US.
Thanks too, to the following people who [...]

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