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
Opinions
6 min read
The upper-caste resistance to the term ‘dalit’ shows a refusal to let go of long-standing Hindu caste-based hierarchy
Opinions
7 min read
The insidious myths around virginity continue to disempower women
Photo Essays
3 min read
Nirman Shrestha uses his art to document his experience of living with depression.
Week in Politics
6 min read
The week in politics: what happened, what does it mean, why does it matter?
Videos
1 min read
Celebrating momos with a street festival in New York City's Jackson Heights.
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.
Perspectives
9 min read
Concealed in a package of humor, cringe culture makes bullying palatable and the intolerable tolerable.
Writing journeys
6 min read
Introducing ‘Writing journeys’, a new series curated and edited by Tom Robertson where Nepali writers reflect on their non-fiction writing.