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
3 min read
Nepal’s migrant laborers are particularly vulnerable to the Covid19 outbreak in the absence of basic healthcare or job security.
Photo Essays
7 min read
The local shaman’s house, located on the edge of the forest in Tangia Basti, is a space where differences are temporarily suspended
COVID19
5 min read
The coronavirus pandemic highlights longstanding class differences and their unequal repercussions on our society
Books
4 min read
Former finance minister Madhukar SJB Rana’s posthumously published book provides lessons in development and the economy for policymakers.
Features
6 min read
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.
Features
6 min read
Meet six young Nepali artists with stories to tell, styles of their own, and a passion for art that’s digital.
Features
Photo Essays
10 min read
Changing weather patterns, a possible consequence of climate change, have already stopped apple farming in the region and are now threatening potato production.
Perspectives
7 min read
Tim Gurung reflects on his time as a businessman in Hong Kong and China and how the world of business taught him lessons about how the world works.
