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The connection. Video on both ends. Neither camera is pointing at a face. The volume negotiation. “Can you hear me?” is said four times, twice by each side, always simultaneously. The tour. The phone is walked around a room so that you may look at furniture. The roll call. Everyone in the house is fetched, […]
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If you learn one Nepali word, learn this one. It is not a word so much as a setting. As “you”. The respectful second person. Using timi where hajur was expected is the single fastest way to be thought rude by someone who will never tell you. As “yes?” Someone calls your name from another […]
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Not the useful drawer. The other one. A torch, working, with no batteries in it. Batteries, of an incompatible size. Three screwdrivers, all of them flathead. Keys to a padlock that no longer exists. A sewing kit from a hotel in Pokhara. One chopstick. Warranty cards, sorted by nothing, for appliances long since sold. A […]
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