Seventy-year-old Kancha Deshar burns his wheat field after harvesting in Chapagaon Lalitpur in Nepal. Hinduism believes in the cycle of creation, maintainance and destruction. For the people of Nepal, the sudden jolt from the earth has disrupted this cycle. In the tiny hamlet of Chhampi at a tinier tea stall off the road, 72- year-old Bhagwati Thapa expressed her thoughts on the disaster; " Rato Machindranath, Chariot festival's 12th year celebrations were not conducted ritualistically. The Kumari Devi of Bhungamati was displeased! "