Virus goes to the villages

Dashain has been a low-key affair this year. But it might have helped spread the coronavirus.

The consensus among those who celebrated the festival and those who did not celebrate it for various reasons seems to be that this Dashain has been the most unusual one in a long time. Dashain pani Dashain jastai lagena (This Dashain is no Dashain at all) has probably been the most ubiquitously heard phrase during the biggest festival of a majority of Nepalis.