After celebrating the festival with loved ones, migrant workers head to the airport with tika and jamara on their foreheads, bound for jobs and opportunities overseas.
Unable to afford the journey home or even new clothes for their children, daily-wage earners struggle to find joy in Nepal’s biggest festival.
Crowds gather in the Kasthamandap area to buy bundles of jamara, placed on people’s heads as a blessing during Vijaya Dashami.
From Everest Base Camp and Mustang to Southeast Asia, the long holiday offers plenty of ways to travel. But weather, altitude, visas and rising airfares call for careful planning.
The 16-team tournament will run for 17 days, with Kathmandu hosting Nepal’s group-stage matches against Ireland, India and West Indies.
From village gatherings and tika from grandparents to the struggles of celebrating away from home, the festival remains a reminder of childhood joys and the family bonds that endure.
As families gather for Dashain, many are asking whether joy is insensitive when others are still searching, mourning and rebuilding. Psychology says joy and compassion can coexist.
From swollen rivers to crowded highways, this year’s Dashain calls for as much care as celebration.
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The 16-team tournament will run for 17 days, with Kathmandu hosting Nepal’s group-stage matches against Ireland, India and West Indies.
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Visitors at a Kathmandu hotel receive tika and jamara on Bijaya Dashami, embracing one of Nepal’s biggest festivals and its cultural traditions.
Nepali law bars citizens from entering casinos and gambling, but police say the facility was allowing them to do so.
After celebrating the festival with loved ones, migrant workers head to the airport with tika and jamara on their foreheads, bound for jobs and opportunities overseas.
Her trip to a global governance forum will be her first overseas visit since her nomination as a senior CPN-UML leader.
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Ramchandra Paudel received tika, jamara and religious offerings from his priest at 10:26am before blessing his wife and other family members.
Crowds gather in the Kasthamandap area to buy bundles of jamara, placed on people’s heads as a blessing during Vijaya Dashami.
In his Vijaya Dashami message, Balendra Shah calls for collective action to end bureaucratic delays, inequality and political distortions and restore public trust in government.
A pigeon struck a Turkish Airlines aircraft during landing, damaging a nose landing gear light and delaying flight operations while the runway was cleared.
Unable to afford the journey home or even new clothes for their children, daily-wage earners struggle to find joy in Nepal’s biggest festival.
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