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A Nepali girl, who is being referred to as the ‘Tarkariwali’ has set a million hearts a-flutter after a picture of hers went viral online. Kusum Shrestha of Gorkha district is that girl who is the current object of social media’s affection. Kusum who hails from the hilly village of Wangilang of Bhumlichok-8, Gorkha district, is now amazed to learn that her pictures have gone viral on the Internet. It was revealed during a meeting with her on Thursday noon that she is as beautiful as she is shy. We ran into Kusum while she was descending down to the Fishling bazaar to go to the Mankamana temple. She blushed at the unexpected encounter, bit her tongue and covered her face. “I hear that her photos have become popular on the Internet. Who had imagined that she would get such publicity? My daughter has always been a shy girl; she is a girl of very few words,” said her father Chandra Narayan Shrestha, 43, after noticing that her shy daughter was finding it difficult to open up to us. Clad in a blue kurta and red salwar, Kusum is clearly taller than average Nepali women. Though she had put on a little make-up, her face, body and dress looked like those of a model. She is the only daughter of her parents. Kusum who lives in Ratnanagar of Chitwan district is a management student. She is currently in Grade 11. She has come to her home village to spend her festival vacation. Her father sells vegetables in the Fishling bazaar. As she is the only child of her parents, she is expected to help her parents when she is home