Photo Essays
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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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Concealed in a package of humor, cringe culture makes bullying palatable and the intolerable tolerable.
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Opinions
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Social distancing inadvertently validates the ostracisation entrenched in the history of South Asia
Features
Culture
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Sandwiched between Thamel and Indrachowk, Na: Gha Twaa, or Naghal tole, with its toothache deity and numerous dental practices, has long been a dentistry hub. But things are changing.
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News
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A daily summary of Covid19 related developments that matter
COVID19
Features
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Several inmates have died by suicide while many others have been hobbled by the depression and anxiety resulting from conditions inside Nepal’s ill-managed quarantine facilities
COVID19
News
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A daily summary of Covid19 related developments that matter
Books
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Eight young Nepali writers imagine the possible futures of climate change in a new collection featuring poetry and short fiction.
