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CityPulse: Otaku Jatra, comedy play, poetry evening, art exhibition ahead this week
This week’s calendar brings you Otaku Jatra, a theatre play, an evening of musical poems, and an art exhibition from December 21-27 for people in Kathmandu.
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CityPulse: Otaku Jatra, comedy play, poetry evening, art exhibition ahead this week
This week’s calendar brings you Otaku Jatra, a theatre play, an evening of musical poems, and an art exhibition from December 21-27 for people in …
Did National Geographic really call ‘Mithila Thali’ as (one of) the finest dishes in South Asia?
A National Geographic Traveller feature was widely misrepresented by Nepali media as a culinary endorsement of Mithila Thali. The article makes no such claim.
CityPulse: Standups, wood expo, gigs, live colouring ahead this week
This week’s calendar brings two stand-up comedy shows, an international expo, a band performance, a musical poetry event, and a live colouring exhibition from December …
CityPulse: The week ahead in arts, culture, events
This week’s calendar has everything for people in Kathmandu.
Beyond the frame: Inside PhotoKTM’s “Global South Solidarities”
This edition, PhotoKtm moves through memory, using photography to explore histories of resistance and struggles still unfolding across the Global South.
Fine arts: Colours of a nation
The Nepal Academy of Fine Arts (Nepal Lalitkala)’s exhibition, which brings together over 650 different genres of artworks by 605 local artists from across the …
A tale of rebellion, Urf Darasingh explores the complexities of Eastern Nepal’s land tenure system and the political unrest during the Panchayat system.
Hiti: A vanishing marvel of the Nepal Valley civilisation
Diving into the history, beauty, aesthetics, engineering, religious and cultural significance of a remarkable marvel of a bygone era which is now tragically disappearing.
Purna Bahadur misses out to sing on caste, hums mere class struggle
Plots, looking desperate to persuade caste-based discrimination, shy away only to reinforce that mere class struggle is real. Various plot elements explicitly derive from an …
Shambhala: an overextended and slow 'spiritual' journey
The 150-minute-long film filled with symbolic imageries and aesthetics will test your patience with its runtime and its lack of focus.
Captivating performances from lead actors and deft direction make ‘Mansarra’ a great watch
The film explores stigma around infertility and how women bear its brunt and cultural complexity with a touch of cultural beauty, backed with captivating performances …
Unveiling cinematic alchemy: The Kuleshov Effect, Rashomon Mystery, and Breaking the Fourth Wall
A brief explainer of different cinematic techniques.
