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Prakriti Kafle

Prakriti Kafle

She is a writer at DevPulse, where she covers leadership, environment, and sustainable development in Nepal, with a particular focus on Lumbini Province. With an academic background in Forestry and Sociology, she brings both research-based analysis and a gender and community perspective into her reporting.
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    A female health professional in a white coat and blue scrubs sits at a wooden desk, consulting with a Nepali woman in a health post in Butwal, Nepal. The health professional is holding a tablet and explaining something, while the patient, dressed in a red kurta and shawl, listens attentively. In the background, other patients wait on a bench, and walls are decorated with health posters in Nepali script. Natural light streams through a large window.
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    A wide-angle, cinematic illustration featuring two stone bridges spanning a river, representing the border between Nepal and India. Students carrying books walk across the bridges in both directions. In the background, iconic architecture like Nepali temples and Indian shrines sit under a warm sunset. Floating in the center are academic icons, including stacks of books, a graduation cap, and rising trend lines.
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    A powerful image showing a yellow excavator tearing down trees along a marshy shoreline, with a large bird nest visible in the branches of a falling tree. Several birds are seen flying away in distress over a small body of water. In the foreground, a white sign that reads "HABITAT PROTECTION AREA" lies discarded and face-up in the mud, while new suburban houses are visible in the background under a hazy, overcast sky.
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