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How Kathmandu remembered Bob Dylan on his birthday week

Kathmandu, May 29 -- Rodin Lal Shrestha, 20, from Tokha, Kathmandu, says that Bob Dylan's music and poetry are the closest things to completeness he can describe. Like many, 'Knockin' on Heaven's Doo... Read More


'Long Live Pop Art' at Taragaon Next

Kathmandu, May 28 -- Taragaon Next presents a solo exhibit of Reyan Tamang, a contemporary Nepali artist based in Kathmandu. 'Long Live Pop Art', featuring 12 paintings and 1 sculpture, will be on vie... Read More


At KIMFF, cinema climbs mountains and confronts demons

Kathmandu, May 27 -- Lakhey Ram, a gambler who is trying to become a 'good father' to compensate for the lack of a maternal figure in his daughter's life, sets off for Kathmandu to hunt for a job. Wh... Read More


Why emotional exhaustion makes people withdraw

Kathmandu, May 26 -- At a time when productivity defines almost everything, burnout has emerged as an embedded part of urban lifestyle. It is normalised, negotiated and even romanticised. Emotional e... Read More


'Witnesses of Inner Worlds' celebrates unseen family struggles

Kathmandu, May 25 -- Takpa Gallery is presenting 'Witnesses of Inner Worlds', a solo exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Min Thapa, until June 6. The show brings together 21 works rendered in a n... Read More


Pilaru echoes a fading Tharu tradition

Kathmandu, May 23 -- Pilaru-means "something to be admired," in the Tharu language. Through this form of love, culture and collective expression, a traditional instrument is handcrafted. Pilaru fits ... Read More


Students bring Ghandruk to canvas in Lalitpur

Kathmandu, May 22 -- Gallery Mcube is presenting an exhibit by Nyano Space, featuring artworks by BFA Second-Year students from the Department of Art and Design at Kathmandu University School of Arts.... Read More


BOOK TALK: Poetry comes to Shrawan Mukarung, not the other way around

Nepal, May 21 -- Literature for Shrawan Mukarung is both emotional catharsis and social responsibility. Born on June 8, 1968, in Bhojpur district, his journey was shaped by the educational and cultura... Read More


MOVIE REVIEW: 'Ek Mutthi Badal' is less about plot and more about feeling

Kathmandu, May 19 -- 'Ek Mutthi Badal' is driven by emotions. Sure, there is a plot, a wedding, a family, a house-but what persistently lies at the centre is the crude, uncomfortable emotion that driv... Read More


How a camera changed one woman's relationship with the wild

Kathmandu, May 18 -- In the silence of Bardiya National Park, where every rusting leaf can signal the presence of the wild, Manju Mahatara tells their stories through her lens. Born and raised in Tha... Read More