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Souls of my city: 70 years of togetherness
Published On: September 16, 2018 08:33 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Krishna Maharjan was 12, and his wife Asha Maya Maharjan 8 years old when the couple took their matrimonial vows.
Souls of My City: Determined Sita
Published On: September 13, 2018 10:01 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Sita KC is 70 years old. She has a roadside shop at the crossroads, near Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur. In recent times, due to pollution, she is compelled to sell her goods covering her face with her scarf.
Pride in identity
Published On: September 13, 2018 08:35 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
My City’s, Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili explored the journey of three unique personalities to show the familiarity that the LGBTIQ community shares with the rest.
Souls of My City: Memories in the picture
Published On: September 11, 2018 09:49 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
78-year-old Ganesh Man experienced nostalgia as he pulled out photos of his younger days from a little-square pouch that he was carrying.
Souls of my city- Art: more than passion
Published On: September 9, 2018 09:52 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
According to Dibesh Pradhan, a designer by profession, work is secondary to survival.
Souls of My City: All praises for Radhe
Published On: September 6, 2018 09:37 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Mina Baidya feels a divine force entering her body as the priests, and the devotees amass for the evening arati at the Pashupati Ghat. As the hymns amplify through the massive JBL speakers, she performs the strenuous Tandav Stotram – a dance recital dedicated to Lord Shiva. She says, “All my sorrows disappear when I perform the Tandav; I feel happy from the inside.”
Souls of my city: A driver’s ultimate ambition
Published On: August 30, 2018 10:09 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Bijay Lama drives a bus along the Kathmandu-Rasuwa route. At just 15, he had to leave his home after getting into a fight with his friends. Away from home, he worked as a bus conductor.
Souls of my city: Demanding a work space
Published On: August 28, 2018 10:32 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
48-year-old Mahi Narayan Ram is a cobbler. His roadside stall, at Sundhara, consists of a mat, shoe soles, laces, shoe polish, and a wooden box. Ram is originally from Saptari and has been working in the capital since 1985.
Souls of my city: A hard–earned residence
Published On: August 23, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Dhan Maya Gautam, 66, spends her day selling vegetables and listening to the radio. She is not familiar with the songs the stations air.
Souls of my city: Leaving her heart back home
Published On: August 21, 2018 10:07 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
One can find 78-year-old Pancha Maya Moktan in the Naya Bazar crossroad of Kirtipur, all year round. It’s been 12 years since she started operating her roadside shop amid the daily hustle and bustle of the bus stand.
Souls of My City: Two sides of destruction
Published On: August 19, 2018 08:58 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Shiva Hari Gautam from Kalanki was a farmer in his youth. Alongside working in the fields, he also used to sell milk from his cows. He remembers seeing concrete structures only in a few places, even in Kathmandu.
Souls of my city: Reciting the existence of an old cart puller
Published On: August 16, 2018 09:21 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Dhanbahadur Tamang’s poem elocution flaunts a confident rhythm. He recited a poem for me, about the emptiness that followed death, when we met in Makhan.
Souls of My City: Judging by the cover
Published On: August 14, 2018 12:44 PM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Bigni Devi (left), Gheni Devi (middle) and Aarti Devi (right) have been friends since they came to Kathmandu. They were talking with each other in Jaisidewal, near their rented residence. “We have our good times here. We have been friends since six years”, stated Bigni Devi. Bigni Devi, a Gaur residence, then started grumbling about having to face communal remarks from Nepalese of other regions.
All orange for Lord Shiva
Published On: August 13, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Kanwar Yatra is a journey that Shiva bhakts embark on, on the Mondays of Shrawan. The devotees take a long hike, barefoot, in the quest for holy water as an offering for their principal deity, Shiva. While the Indian devotees make the journey to the Ganges, the Nepali counterparts follow the same practice to fetch water from Sundarijal.
Souls of My City: Four sturdy pillars
Published On: August 12, 2018 10:13 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Anil Nakarmi was in the middle of a conversation with his friends when I spotted him in a shelter in Basantapur. The 44-year-old Sindhupalchowk native works as a rickshaw puller. He heads a family of that consists of his spouse, and four daughters. He says he first set foot in Kathmandu 22 years back. In the beginning, he made his living washing dishes. Later, he worked as a mason.
Souls of My City: Blessing the devotees
Published On: August 9, 2018 09:43 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Devaki Adhikari was gobbling up a plate of chowmein in a local cafeteria in an alley that led to Pashupatinath. It was already four in the evening, but she had not had breakfast yet.
Souls of My City: Self-dependent in Kathmandu
Published On: August 5, 2018 08:44 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Jamuna Magar, 46, is a new face in Kathmandu. She’s been living in the capital with her eldest son for only four months. She says she was married at just 14 and gave birth to her first child two years later. Magar says, “I lost many children following pregnancy-related complications.
Souls of My City: The cycle man
Published On: August 2, 2018 10:43 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Scavengers -- better known as ‘Kawadi walas' -- are known for their vexatious yells. They earn their living selling scrap metal, glass bottles or paper. Sanjay Jaiswal, 40, is one such scavenger.
Souls of My City: Gamveer and his coins
Published On: July 31, 2018 08:28 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
Gamveer Dhoj Joshi, 65, owns a money change business unit on the ground floor of the Laxmi -Narayan temple at Basantapur. He took over the job from his father, who used to occupy the same spot. He says, “Coins have always fascinated me because they carry history along with them. Furthermore, you can also learn a lot by just looking at their shape and structure.”
Colors of Shrawan
Published On: July 30, 2018 08:35 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili
KATHMANDU, July 30: There’s an age-old Nepali proverb which roughly translates to, a bull that goes blind in Shrawan sees everything green his entire life. It’s been rightly stated, as not just nature, but the color preference during the whole of Shrawan is dominated by green and other earthy colors, including yellow, and red.
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