New Year, New Hope

The New Year isn’t just a date on a calendar, it is also a social construct that calls for jovial celebration with feelings of renewal and rejuvenation. During New Year, a collective agreement exists to start anew with a clean slate. It hallmarks the desire to shed past burdens and, in their place, plant better reminiscences. In Nepal, people follow a Bikram Sambat calendar wherein the New Year falls on Baishak 1st, which corresponds to April in the Gregorian calendar. So next week, Nepal will be celebrating New Year 2082.