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Nepal festivities ring hollow for families mourning dead protesters

Dashain should be joyful, but I feel only grief, says 53-year-old Ganesh Prasad Chaulagain, who lost his 18-year-old son, Shreeyam, in last month’s political unrest. Nepal festivities ring hollow for families mourning dead protesters
Ganga Karki, mother of Shreeyam Chaulagain, who died after sustaining a gunshot injury to his head during anti-corruption protests that toppled the government, touches the portrait of her son after lighting a lamp, at a rented apartment where she lives along with her family, in Kathmandu, Nepal October 1, 2025.  Reuters
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Published at : October 3, 2025
Updated at : October 3, 2025 06:54
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