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Image by Pratibha Tuladhar via Nepali Times, used with permission. This story is part of the series Suburban Tales, a monthly column based on the lives of real people, by Pratibha Tuladhar, and originally published in Nepali Times. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. When Kalpana first held hands with her future husband, her mind drifted from the flat fields of her hometown to the wide streets of Kathmandu, which was soon to be her new home. She stood up, looked at his face, and smiled; the wheat-packed belly of the field spread behind him …

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