Butwal, Sept. 30 -- year-old twins Dipesh and Deepika Bhattarai, who were buried to death at Jhyaplekhola in Dhading, were 10th graders at Butwal-based Kalika Manav Gyan Secondary School in Butwal. They were on their way to Kathmandu with their mother to pursue a dream, but that dream perished when the microbus they were travelling in was buried by the landslide.

The Bhattarai siblings were talented students both in academic as well as extra-curricular activities. They had recently filled out an application to take part in the national astronomy olympiad organised by the Astronomy Olympiad Society, scheduled for October 3 in Kathmandu. They hurried to Kathmandu after they were informed that they were selected for the first round of Olymp...