Kathmandu, Feb. 25 -- Many know Dr Govinda KC as Nepal's senior orthopaedic surgeon and a man of service. But beyond his long career in medicine and fast-unto-death activism demanding reforms in Nepal's medical education, few know of his passion for photography.

The year was 1986, soon after completing his MBBS at Rajshahi Medical College in Bangladesh, KC spent around 4,000 Bangladeshi Taka from his scholarship money to buy a Yashica camera with advanced features.

"With my own camera in hand, my dream of taking photographs came true," he says. Before that, he borrowed cameras from friends to take pictures.

Over the years, he would traverse Nepal as an orthopaedic surgeon providing medical aid, and during these travels, he took many ph...