Tikka is holding his symbol of local resilience, locally bottled Chiuri juice. Chiuri is a local, Nepali tree crop, a fruit with a wonderful tangy, citrus flavor. The men at the conference touted the bottle of juice as their answer to Coca Cola. This bottle represented the beginning of a real business venture and a real product now in production in Nepal. It has become a rallying point around the country in support of the "buy local" movement.
There was a definite ease among the men at the conference who would sit around and talk for hours by themselves. I'm not sure what they talked about but their body language said they were relaxed and enjoying themselves. In most cultures it is in small groups like these that men make important decisions.
The men in this group work for the government of Nepal in some capacity and all of them are intimately involved in the national political "scene" so it is not surprising that they have a lot in common and probably have a lot to talk about. In the photo above Laljahri is sitting near Prakash listening intently to every word. She later commented that they were talking politics and not about conference related things
One can sense in the men, immediately upon meeting them, an entitlement and a fraternal kind of connection between them that is disrupted when the women are close by. This entitlement is unique, I think, to Indian and Nepali men but I'm not sure and maybe stereotyping them which I want to avoid.
Tikka is holding his symbol of local resilience, locally bottled Chiuri juice. Chiuri is a local, Nepali tree crop, a fruit with a wonderful tangy, citrus flavor. The men at the conference touted the bottle of juice as their answer to Coca Cola. This bottle represented the beginning of a real business venture and a real product now in production in Nepal. It has become a rallying point around the country in support of the "buy local" movement.
There was a definite ease among the men at the conference who would sit around and talk for hours by themselves. I'm not sure what they talked about but their body language said they were relaxed and enjoying themselves. In most cultures it is in small groups like these that men make important decisions.
The men in this group work for the government of Nepal in some capacity and all of them are intimately involved in the national political "scene" so it is not surprising that they have a lot in common and probably have a lot to talk about. In the photo above Laljahri is sitting near Prakash listening intently to every word. She later commented that they were talking politics and not about conference related things
One can sense in the men, immediately upon meeting them, an entitlement and a fraternal kind of connection between them that is disrupted when the women are close by. This entitlement is unique, I think, to Indian and Nepali men but I'm not sure and maybe stereotyping them which I want to avoid.
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