In a recent article reviewing the Kalajatra exhibition at the Patan Museum, the artist Birendra Pratap Singh is quoted as saying,”Creating nude body of a woman is my way of satirising the current society which has become commercialised through advertising and is heading towards degradation.” But tudal, the wooden beams that support the eaves of pagoda temples around Nepal, have […]

These days, Kathmandu’s artistic calender is busy enough to offer choices. This hasn’t always been the case, but now that its started and we’ve packed ourselves thick, it will probably only get busier. There are some who would believe that quantity is an essential to the birth of quality. A facebook events skirmish will reveal […]

It is growing increasingly irreverent and tiresome to hear Gautam Buddha and Mount Everest being used as reasons for Nepali pride. Both are geographical happenstances regarding which the Nepali nation made no conscious choice. When statements extolling Buddha and Mount Everest are made by a person as eminent as the Vice Chancellor (VC) of Kathmandu […]