Knowing Kathmandu’s Sardars

September 8, 2018 00:10 am

The sun cast bright over New York from the summer sky. And the green, thick clumps of leaves rose upward from the trees along the pavement and blended with the clear blue sky. Roosevelt Avenue, 74 Street was a quiet residential area. On Saturday, there were even fewer vehicles in this street, and it was quieter than usual. And it was in this quiet that the bhajan from the Gurdwara rose up from the upper floor of its two-storied building.

PATHRI, Morang, Jan 31: Twenty one years old Prakash Sardar of Baijnathpur Nahartol, Biratnagar Metropolitan City- 19 has been identified as the shortest person in the country. He is 31 inches tall and weighs 13 kilograms.