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
Perspectives
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The last thing the Buddha said to his followers was: ‘Decay is inherent in all component things! Work out your salvation with diligence!’
Features
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With bold experimentations in mixed media and a continuing desire to learn and evolve, Sunita Maharjan is well on her way to becoming a pioneering Nepali artist.
Perspectives
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Following the Gurkha hunger strike aftermath, social media can be a receptive space for young people to engage with grassroots activism like the Gurkha Justice movement.
Week in Politics
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Week in politics: what happened, what does it mean, why does it matter?
Features
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Explainers
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The govt has callously suspended its campaign to repatriate stranded migrant workers
Culture
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Features
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The politics of the deaths of individual bodies, social groups, or entire populations has become increasingly normalised
