Sometimes BarkaBanwa is also called Spring Forest. The forest in India is known as the Dudhwa National Park, the largest of its kind in India while the forest in Nepal side is known as BarkaBanwa meaning a large forest. There was a dense forest on both sides of River Mohana which still exists there. The tradition of marriage and other social structures are the same. Both Tharu communities in Nepal and India share the same clan, dynasty, and similar customs and traditions. He realized the River Mohana was a borderline between Nepal and India only after his marriage. According to uncle, there were only Tharu villages on both sides of the River Mohana in the past. I always called her Aiya which means mother in RanaTharu language. I used to call uncle to her husband but I never called her aunt. I was impressed by her words upar, yipar, and Tharuhat. Many of the Nepali journalists who had approached me there took my interview in the same house or the sugarcane field. I had met all the indigenous leaders and journalists from Nepal who had approached me in the house. I had won the election sheltering in her house and I had gone to the court having a meal in the same house. The family had helped me forget the predicament caused by the loss of my property and family disintegration. I was respected as a guardian of all the members in the family including the parents, their sons and daughters, and their grandchildren. I found the relationship like an eighth wonder in the world. Though the cordial attachment between siblings is weakening these days, I received the best possible respect and love from all of them in the family. Since I was elder than all of her children, I used to be called badhe and thule meaning the eldest one. I was respected as the eldest son in the family. I have met her four daughters and three sons during my stay in her home in India. The love for her words ‘yipar’, ‘upar’, and Tharuwat led me closer to her.Īged around 70, the old lady has many children. It is necessary to reach the place to understand the situation exactly. She still uses traditional words upar meaning there to Nepal and yipar meaning here to India where she is living currently. In terms of citizenship, she is not a Nepali but she still doesn’t like to be called a non-Nepali.
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