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Research marriage pressure in nepal

In Nepal, marriage is not treated as a personal milestone. It is treated as a social deadline. Once a person crosses their mid-to-late twenties — and for women, often earlier — family, relatives, neighbors, and even casual acquaintances begin asking a single question with increasing urgency: *"बिहे कहिले?"* ("When is the wedding?").

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