Kanchanpur. The Mukta Kamaiya settlement in Baani, Krishnapur Municipality-2, is now becoming a popular destination for rural tourism. Tharu community families, who were previously forced to sell their labor to landlords for a living, are now moving forward on the path to self-reliance by operating homestays in their own village.'Vijayasal,' operating in the Tharu settlement, has become a reliable source of income for the local community and a model for the preservation of Tharu culture and the promotion of rural tourism. Bispati Chaudhary, a resident of the settlement, shares that his life has changed significantly within a few years of...