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
6 min read
Gambling during the festival season can be a fun social activity but it can also lead to serious problems like addiction.
Longreads
Perspectives
19 min read
Anti-secular voices demanding a return to Nepal’s character as a Hindu state are on the rise but they ignore the larger danger to Hinduism – Hindutva.
Features
5 min read
Sixty-five-year-old Chandra Kala Dhimal is one of the last few weavers from the indigenous Dhimal community still keeping traditional wooden weaving alive.
Features
7 min read
By reading the Quran and fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims build a personal connection with Allah and reinforce their faith.
Features
5 min read
A look into the psychedelic culture's white-man problem.
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.
