“Can a mask purify the air that a tree fails in a heart of Nepal’s capital?”
Mask or Tree?
I met Anisha while she was waiting for a bus tired after her classes in Pulchowk campus and now traveling to her home in chabahil.
In our conversation, she mentioned that she was tired from traveling early morning to her classes.
While she told me her day, I couldn’t help but wonder how these dusts unseen and noises unheard would be aiding to her tiredness and how women like her in public spaces are most vulnerable to the air pollution around.
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