Bel Bahadur Shrestha with a picture of his son Raj Kumar, who disappeared in 2002. Six years since the incident occurred, he has no tears left. “No father should have to perform his son’s funeral,” laments Bel Bahadur, “it breaks my heart to think that I’ll never see him again.” After rumours of his son’s death reached the community, Shrestha performed funeral rites for him so as not to be branded as impure by neighbours. In her grief Raj's mother poisoned herself. Shrestha has never received an official response from the authorities concerning the fate of his son or acknowledging the impact of his disappearance on his family.