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Eleven things in every Nepali household drawer

Not the useful drawer. The other one.

  1. A torch, working, with no batteries in it.
  2. Batteries, of an incompatible size.
  3. Three screwdrivers, all of them flathead.
  4. Keys to a padlock that no longer exists.
  5. A sewing kit from a hotel in Pokhara.
  6. One chopstick.
  7. Warranty cards, sorted by nothing, for appliances long since sold.
  8. A phone charger for a phone brand nobody in the house has owned.
  9. Passport photographs of everyone, taken at least nine years ago.
  10. A rubber band ball that has been growing quietly since before you were born.
  11. Exactly one pair of scissors — on the rare weeks it is in here at all.

Nothing may be removed. The drawer is not storage; it is an archive.