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
Culture
Perspectives
11 min read
Ranging from the deeply spiritual to playful, cheeky and contemplative, Ang Tsherin Sherpa’s work is innocent, full of sincere feeling, but also tongue-in-cheek.
Interviews
12 min read
Uttam Kunwar’s 1963 conversation with the Rashtrakavi
Features
4 min read
Public support for Dr KC’s cause has forced the government’s hand, but as always, questions remain about the agreement’s implementation
Explainers
13 min read
Some call NFTs a new era of ownership on the internet while others say it’s a fad and a threat to the environment. But what exactly are NFTs?
Features
8 min read
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
Longreads
20 min read
Violence undocumented is violence denied, and new writing from Kalimpong and Darjeeling — which includes Chuden Kabimo’s Song of the Soil — is correcting this historical wrong.
Interviews
17 min read
Kunwar’s interview with Malla, the businessman-bard, is deeply philosophical even in the midst of playful banter
Photo Essays
3 min read
Nirman Shrestha uses his art to document his experience of living with depression.
