Photo Essays
1 MIN READ
A journey to Surma Sarovar.
The Surma Saravor Jatra is a six day-long festival celebrated every even years of the Nepali calendar by the people of Darchula’s Ghajir and Chetti villages. This year, 10-16 August, photographer Kishor Maharjan following the bire, those men making the arduous pilgrimage in the footsteps of the goddess Surma Devi, from their villages to the Surma Sarovar lake in Bajhang.
COMING SOON: Kishor Maharjan’s short essay explaining the pilgrimage!
All photos by Kishor Maharjan
Features
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It can be a political act for a woman to simply occupy public space. Teej songs, like those by Komal Oli, enable women to do so while joyfully singing and dancing, highlighting their desiring selves.
Perspectives
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When we hide behind ji, dai and didi, ageist and patriarchal relations take over the workspaces, and that is hard to shake off.
Perspectives
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How a nuclear disaster halfway across the world became a device in 1980s Nepali politics
Features
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Interviews
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Perspectives
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The world’s largest missionary movement cannot be blamed exclusively for its role in the Covid19 pandemic
Photo Essays
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Rupak Darshan travels the streets of Kathmandu every day, feeding hundreds of dogs, all out of a love for these animals and a desire to lessen their suffering.
COVID19
News
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