by Swasti Gautam in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 24, 2023The writer holds a Masters’s Degree in Gender, Media and Culture from the London School of Economics.Crossing Nepal’s border alone, either by road or air, as a Nepali woman is often, if not always, an unpleasant experience. Questions asked by border security or immigration officers are downright derogatory, reflecting the patriarchal mindset of the state vested with the power to decide a woman’s mobility. In the…