attributes the rise in extramarital relationships to economic factors, such as partners working abroad, and the changing status of marriage in a traditionally patriarchal society. Crimes related to extra-marital affairs on the rise : Published in The Annapurna Express
In the small village of Yamphudin, tucked between rhododendron forests and the roaring Modi Khola river, lived a young woman named Asmita. She was known for her swift hands at weaving doko baskets and her shy smile that emerged only when she sang lohori folk songs during harvest. Her father, a retired Gurkha soldier, had promised her to Birkhe, a sturdy buffalo herder from the next hamlet—a practical match, like arranging stones for a wall.