One recent sunny morning in the shadow of the Himalayas, I stood beside a grave in the historic British Cemetery in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, as a Gurkha soldier in full dress uniform played a haunting bagpipe lament.
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A Gurkha soldier plays a bagpipe lament at a graveside memorial service at the British Cemetery in Kathmandu to mark the 50th anniversary of the funeral of New Zealander Heather Horscroft. (Photo by Kripa Shakya)
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