The Children’s People’s Movement: What kids think of effigies, burning torches, and shouting I talked to these boys after a rally had passed through the center of Bhaktapur shouting slogans against the new vice president because he took his oath in Hindi. Basically, they think the protests are cool because they get to play with [...]
Just released on ABC on campus: Visiting the New Nepal This is a little sample of what I hope to create with my photography and video of Nepal. Unfortunately this one came out as Nepal sounding like another so-called suffering third world country. Not my intention, but I didn’t create the final product. Nepal is [...]
I took this during a bhanda in Koteshwor just after the chosen VP took his oath in Hindi. It was kind of a crazy scene as I was trying to get to KTM so I stopped and recorded for a while. It was violent- people getting beaten up and stuff smashed. No one was particularly [...]
Nepal is a country where everything functioned according to tradition. For most of its history, the Himalayan kingdom was isolated, closed to foreigners until 1951. Twelve years ago, the Maoists began what was to be a long guerilla war calling for rights for rural populations, women, ethnic minorities, and more. In the April 2008 elections, [...]