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Ring in the old in 2021

As Nepal plunges headfirst into 2021, it is worth reflecting back on a year of cancelled, postponed, or improvised events. Weddings and...

Ring in the old in 2021

As Nepal plunges headfirst into 2021, it is worth reflecting back on a year of cancelled, postponed, or improvised events. Weddings and...

Shristi Karki

Photo Kathmandu in a new avatar

Since its inception in 2015, Photo Kathmandu has gained worldwide recognition for its professionalism and creativity, and has raised the bar for...

A photojournalist's powerful portrait from prison

On Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2018, Indian author Arundhati Roy penned an open letter to Shahidul Alam, the renowned Bangladeshi photojournalist...

Shahidul Alam 100th day in jail

On the 100th day of incarceration of Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam, 34 prominent South Asians including Arundhati Roy, Shabana Azmi, Amitav Ghosh, Mohammad...

Shahidul Alam Photo Kathmandu award

Shahidul Alam, the acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer, activist and prisoner of conscience was awarded the Photo Kathmandu Award of Excellence at Patan Museum...

Feminist prints

This year’s Photo Kathmandu has a unique multi-chapter exhibition titled The Public Life of Women: A Feminist Memory Project which displays archival images...

Monika Deupala

The violence of violation

Inside a darkened room at the Chhaya Centre, eight screens switch on simultaneously to depict images of sexual violence in the Subcontinent...

Photo returns to Kathmandu

The third edition of Nepal’s international photography festival is all set to kick off on Friday for a month-long festival of images. As a...

Monika Deupala

The Gangster of Love

When Nepal became a destination for overland travelers in the 1960s, one young man was ready: Trilochan Shrestha, probably Nepal’s first hippie. Born...

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