A young woman succeeding on her own terms should not be remarkable. Yet in South Asia, where women have too often been judged first by gender and only afterwards by ability, independence still carries the weight of defiance. That is why Luna Luitel’s story deserves to be read as more than a beauty-pageant success story.…
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