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People rode horses to the airport in Tulsipur, Dang. Horses were also used to carry loads to the airport. The students had requested a horse owner to let them ride his horse. Here, one of the students rides a horse at the Tulsipur Airport.

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Dwarika Nath Dhungel and his classmates in Tribhuvan University’s Kirtipur campus.

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Tulsipur Airport, 1967. Dwarika Nath Dhungel (third from left) and a classmate have found willing partners for a photograph in two young Tharu women. The women had no qualms about complete strangers putting their arms around their shoulders. Perhaps they were too excited at the prospect of getting photographed to mind that. Dhungel believes it was down to their innocence.

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The study group had planned to fly out to Bhairawa from Tulsipur. But they only managed to get two tickets. A decision was made to send the group’s two female students on that flight. The rest of the students had no means of getting to Bhairawa until the zonal commissioner lent them his jeep. This is a photo of the students traveling in that jeep to Koilabas. The students got on a train at Koilabas and went to Nautunwa, from where they proceeded to Gorakhpur. From Gorakhpur they headed for the Nepal border.

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To get to Tulsipur from Nepalgunj the students traveled by jeep on a rough road that skirted the Rapti River. Here, they are beside the Rapti.

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Dwarika Nath Dhungel (right) and a classmate on the bank of the Rapti, en route to Tulsipur.

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January 1966. Dwarika Nath Dhungel (sitting, left) and his classmates wait for their plane at the Biratnagar Airport. The students were returning to Kathmandu from their study trip.

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Dwarika Nath Dhungel (middle) and his classmates on the way to Sisuwa village.

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Dhungel’s classmates on the staircase of the Bindabashini Temple, Pokhara, 1966.