| Goddess Fired for Visiting America
One example of how things have changed little or none in the "new Nepal"-- Kumari, the Living Goddess from Bhaktapur (Sajani Shakya) is fired for visiting America (see ABC story. Newlook blurb is here.)! The temple priest, Narendra Pd Joshi, justifies the action for "breaking with tradition." Big media attention (Washington Post, BBC, Daily Mail, Aljazeera, and more) on this topic, for a good reason. Isn't it about time to liberate Kumaris? Ishbel Whitaker must be beaming-- another, and arguably more compelling documentary in the making here?!