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Roshni Kunwar
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Every breath has a story .I'm here to tell it.
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KathmanduJul 2026
Fog That Isn't Fog
"Unpaved roads don't just shake the ride, they fill the air with particulate matter most riders never see coming."
A large share of roads across Nepal, especially outside city centers, remain unpaved. Every ride kicks up fine particulate matter, PM10 and PM2.5, small enough to bypass basic mask
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KathmanduJul 2026
Daily Life Inside Smoke
"Just because AQI isn't "unhealthy" doesn't mean the air is clean. Pollution still affects your health."
Whenever I stand at a busy Kathmandu intersection like this in the evening, watching the familiar rush of micro-buses, cars, and motorbikes pushing through traffic, I am amazed by
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TaulihawaJul 2026
Where Buddha Once Breathed
"Sitting under this old Pipal tree in Tilaurakot, I finally understood what fresh air is supposed to feel like."
I sat down on this wooden deck, facing this massive Pipal tree, and for the first time in a long time, I just breathed. Not the careful, shallow breathing we've all gotten used to
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BhairahawaJul 2026
The Cost Of A Good Harvest
"A farmer burns stubble for richer soil next season, but the smoke he releases borrows the air from everyone else's."
There is something old and familiar about this scene, smoke drifting over the field, cattle grazing without a care, one tree standing quietly over it all. It feels like something p
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PatanJul 2026
The Methane We Breathe
"Uncollected waste piling up at a busy bus park isn't just an eyesore, it's quietly poisoning the air we breathe."
QI stood here for a few minutes just watching. Buses idling, crows picking through plastic, people walking past without even glancing down, like this pile has just become part of t
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BhairahawaJul 2026
The Passive Smoker
"Standing near someone smoking outside makes you a passive smoker too, breathing in harm you never asked for."
We talk a lot about outdoor air pollution, vehicles, dust, factory smoke, but rarely about the smoke we walk into voluntarily, just by standing next to someone lighting a cigarette
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KathmanduJul 2026
Roasting Corn, Burning Lungs
"A street vendor in Kathmandu breathes in charcoal smoke all day, not by choice, but because her three kids need to eat"
She didn't tell me her name. She just kept turning the corn over the coals, one hand fanning the smoke away from her face out of habit, like it doesn't even register as smoke anymo
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KathmanduJul 2026
Behind The Mask.
"A traffic inspector at Maharajgunj shares what 11 months of breathing exhaust fumes daily has really cost him"
He has been doing this for 11 months. When I stopped to talk to him, the first thing I noticed wasn't his uniform or his whistle, it was his mask. Not the kind people wear for a f
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BhairahawaJul 2026
The Smoke in My Own Backyard
"Here's a Headed to Nuwakot for fresh air, only to look down and see my own neighborhood buried beneath a blanket of toxic morning smog."
This photo was taken on my regular route up toward Nuwakot from Butwal. As someone who lives right down in the busy streets of Butwal, this view hit me hard. We go about our daily
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PatanJun 2026
साझा बसमा जो पनि चढ़दछ
"नेपालको सार्वजनिक यातायातमा बर्सौ पुरानो सहकारी संस्था मार्फत सेवा दिदै आएको साझा यातायात वातावारणीय प्रभाव प्रति पनि जिम्मेवार बन्दै छ ।"
साझा यातायात १९६२ मा काठमाडौं उपत्यकाका यात्रुहरूका साथै लामो दूरीका यात्रुहरूलाई कुशल र किफायती सार्वजनिक यातायात प्रदान गर्ने लक्ष्यका साथ स्थापना भएको एक सहकारी सार्वजनिक याताय
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BhairahawaJun 2026
Mountains Faded From Terai
"ManMaya Thapa talks about those days when mountains were visible from Terai."
ManMaya Thapa who has been living in Bhairahawa for around 56 years clearly remembers watching mountains mainly Machhapuchhre and Annapurna from the terrace of her house around 10
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BhairahawaJun 2026
Journey through haze
"Smoke from old vehicles has been a major source of pollution for Nepal, mainly people living besides the highways."
The pollution caused by smoke through the exhausts of old vehicles in Nepal is one of the major sources of air pollution in Nepal. To reduce this strict monitoring should be done b
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BhairahawaMay 2026
Fresh Juice, Toxic Air
"While people stop for a glass of juice to escape the heat of Bhairahawa, I spent 15 years of my life in this smoke, dust and toxic air."
I have been selling sugarcane juice in the gate of Gautam Buddha International Airport for around 15 years. While people are drinking fresh sugarcane juice,I am compelled to inhale
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