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Nepal’s ‘missing girls’

The spread of ultrasound clinics to detect the sex of babies is leading to a slaughter of daughters in Nepal, sharply skewing the country’s...

Anita Bhetwal

Kathmandu marks 'Ihi' with a difference

Before girls from the Newa community reach their puberty they are ceremonially 'married' to a holy fruit which is considered to be...

Kathmandu marks 'Ihi' with a difference

Before girls from the Newa community reach their puberty they are ceremonially 'married' to a holy fruit which is considered to be...

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