Kathmandu, Aug. 30 -- Laxmi BK, along with her mother and other relatives, stuck the photos of her father and uncle on the walls of the Teaching Hospital with the hope that someone would recognise them and tell them their last whereabouts.

Laxmi's father and uncle Purna and Suklal had gone to the Timure bordering Tibet for work and have been missing since Wednesday's Himalayan Tsunami. The family have scoured through the mortuaries, hospitals and all possible locations and authorities by various means but haven't got an update about their loved ones - the breadwinners of their family.

With the search and rescue operation entering the fifth day, hopes have slowly started to fade as they have been praying for a sort of miracle to find the...