Since the earthquake in Nepal on April 25 I have been worried sick about my friends there. As I followed the disaster in the news and Facebook posts, learning about the 7,500+ deaths, the 3 million in desperate need of food and water, the destruction of 300,000 homes, I found it all so overwhelming. What could I do? I found two things helped to relieve my anxiety. One of them was memoir work.
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Two young dance teachers in Nepal, Nisha and Raj, keep their relationship a secret for five years. When her family learns of their elopement they go to great lengths to stop it. They do not want their high-caste daughter to marry an "untouchable," the lowest rung on the social ladder of the caste system. Their story offers a surprising discovery of freedom.
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