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Lovely post, Ila! Must have been a wonderful experience!

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Thanks Pritam! It was super fun, though also very exhausting after a hectic work week :)

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What a wonderful local experience

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Indeed 😊

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What a beautiful post!

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Thank you!

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As many of you know, I did a ten-day trip to Nepal with my mother just last year (covered in issues #19, #20, and #21 of this newsletter)

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No Ila, we don’t know anything about this trip or the post that was to follow. The one not by you. Nope. I don’t remember it.

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The day starts with pooja, after which the community members head to the paddy fields where they start planting rice, all the while singing and dancing to Nepali folk songs.

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You cannot just leave this casually. Did you record the songs? Your options are a) Yes b) Yes

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Aloo ka achar

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What. Is. Aloo. Ka. Achaar? Was it spicy?

It is so much fun to read but my God the first pic of this post. It will not leave me. Just the framing and that setting. I wouldn’t have seen it if it were not for this post. So I guess ‘thank you’ is appropriate.

Thank you again Ila.

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Haha, writing isn’t exactly my mother’s jam so not sure if/when her versions will happen. Yes, aloo ka achaar is spicy :) All of Patan has these stunning framed windows and old world courtyards... hope you get to visit someday!

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