Kamal Gaule

A respected village priest traditional authority is upended when a newcomer arrives to challenge the exploitation and rigid caste discrimination faced by marginalized communities.

The story based on the true event, Chaupadi Pratha; a traditional, discriminatory practice in parts of western Nepal where menstruating or postpartum women and girls are banished from their homes to sleep in isolated huts or animal sheds— still prevailing in fewer places.