Nepal festivities ring hollow for families mourning dead protesters

Dashain should be joyful, but I feel only grief, says 53-year-old Ganesh Prasad Chaulagain, who lost his 18-year-old son, Shreeyam, in last month’s political unrest.

Amid the lights, kite-flying and gatherings to celebrate Nepal’s 15-day festival of Dashain this year, the homes of families such as the Chaulagains are shrouded in grief for their son, killed in the country’s worst civil unrest in recent memory.