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
Interviews
12 min read
Uttam Kunwar’s 1963 conversation with the Rashtrakavi
Explainers
Features
2 min read
The government of Nepal finally adopts Covid-19 measures.
Features
Culture
11 min read
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.
Features
6 min read
A green-lifestyle game that rewards its players and protects the planet
Features
5 min read
Climate change and its consequences can be serious aggravators ofconflict, especially gender-based violence.
Interviews
11 min read
A 1963 interview with writer and critic Krishna Chandra Singh Pradhan
Week in Politics
5 min read
The week in politics: what happened, what does it mean, why does it matter?
COVID19
Opinions
5 min read
Social distancing inadvertently validates the ostracisation entrenched in the history of South Asia
