"Nepali new year"

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7 December 2025

Nepali readers and enthusiasts go through a section displaying books by Arundhati Roy in EKTA Books, a local bookstore in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025, as the bookstore hosts a signing ceremony for Roy's latest book, ''Mother Mary Comes to Me.'' The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital, Kathmandu, hosts the signing event for the Indian writer who has also been awarded the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, take pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which is also named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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7 December 2025

A Nepali literature enthusiast and reader gestures (right) as she receives her signed copy from Indian writer Arundhati Roy (sitting in a white shirt) of ''Mother Mary Comes to Me'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025. The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital, Kathmandu, hosts the signing event for the Indian writer who has also been awarded the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, take pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which has also been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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7 December 2025

Indian writer Arundhati Roy (sitting in a white shirt) signs a copy of her ''Mother Mary Comes to Me'' for a Nepali reader as part of her signing tour in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025. The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital, Kathmandu, hosts the signing event for the Indian writer who also receives the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, take pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which is also named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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7 December 2025

Indian writer Arundhati Roy signs a copy of her ''Mother Mary Comes to Me'' for a Nepali reader as part of her signing tour in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025. The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital, Kathmandu, hosts the signing event for the Indian writer who also has been awarded the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, take pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which also has been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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7 December 2025

Acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy (sitting in a white shirt) signs a copy of her ''Mother Mary Comes to Me'' for a Nepali reader as part of her signing tour in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025. The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital, Kathmandu, hosts the signing event for the Indian writer, who also has been awarded the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, take pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which also has been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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7 December 2025

Acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy (sitting in a white shirt) signs a copy of her ''Mother Mary Comes to Me'' for a Nepali reader as part of her signing tour in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025. The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital, Kathmandu, hosts the signing event for the Indian writer, who also has been awarded the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, take pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which also has been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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7 December 2025

Acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy (sitting in a white shirt) signs a copy of her ''Mother Mary Comes to Me'' for a Nepali reader as part of her signing tour in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025. The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital, Kathmandu, hosts the signing event for the Indian writer, who also has been awarded the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, take pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which also has been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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7 December 2025

Acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy (sitting in a white shirt) signs a copy of her ''Mother Mary Comes to Me'' for a Nepali reader as part of her signing tour in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025. The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital, Kathmandu, hosts the signing event for the Indian writer, who also has been awarded the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, take pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which also has been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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7 December 2025

Acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy (sitting in a white shirt) signs a copy of her ''Mother Mary Comes to Me'' for a Nepali reader as part of her signing tour in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025. The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital, Kathmandu, hosts the signing event for the Indian writer, who also has been awarded the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, take pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which also has been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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7 December 2025

Acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy signs a copy of her ''Mother Mary Comes to Me'' for a Nepali reader as part of her signing tour in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025. The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital, Kathmandu, hosts the signing event for the Indian writer who also has been awarded the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, take pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which also is named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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7 December 2025

Indian writer Arundhati Roy (sitting in a white shirt) signs a copy of her book ''Mother Mary Comes to Me'' for Manushi Yami Bhattarai (right in blue), daughter of former Nepali Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, as part of her signing tour in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025. The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital, Kathmandu, hosts the event for the Indian writer, who has also been awarded the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, take pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which has also been named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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7 December 2025

Acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy gestures as she attends the signing ceremony of her ''Mother Mary Comes to Me'' as part of her signing tour in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025. The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital Kathmandu hosts the signing event for the Indian writer who also has been awarded the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, click pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which also is named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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7 December 2025

Acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy gestures as she attends the signing ceremony of her ''Mother Mary Comes to Me'' as part of her signing tour in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 7, 2025. The signing ceremony at EKTA Books in the capital Kathmandu hosts the signing event for the Indian writer who also has been awarded the Booker Prize. Dozens of Nepali readers have brief interactions with her, click pictures, and get her to sign the recently released publication, which also is named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review.

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30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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30 November 2025

Girls from the Newa community take part in the Bel Bibaha ceremony, in which they are symbolically married to a bael fruit (wood apple), at Banglamukhi Temple in Lalitpur, Nepal, on November 29, 2025. The ritual is performed for girls aged between 5 and 9 years, typically before they reach puberty. The ceremony, also called the Ihi ceremony, is rooted in Hindu and Tantric traditions and serves to protect girls from social stigma, especially widowhood. The fruit symbolizes the god Vishnu, ensuring the girl is symbolically married to a divine entity for life.

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