KIMFF-Going on Tall and Strong like the Mountains It Talks About Posted on September 15, 2011April 27, 2021 By Rhea J Gurung What do adventure, culture, religion and snow have in common? Here’s a clue- it begins with an ‘M’ and ends somewhere about 8848 m above sea level. Mountains have shared an intricate relationship with human beings from their effect on the geography of their being to their effect on aesthetic… Read more
DIY : Film-making Posted on September 15, 2011April 27, 2021 By Rhea J Gurung A camera has become everybody’s everyday commodity. Today, new DIY is making videos- be it for a song , a parody, an interesting thing caught in motion, a photo compilation, an event, a family video, or a documentary. We see it overflowing on sites like YouTube. Film-making is all the… Read more
Internet Activism. Really? Posted on August 15, 2011April 27, 2021 By Rhea J Gurung 2011: Blogs, protest groups, online petitions, e-campaigns and e-activism are all the rage. One of the earliest successful examples of internet activism was the class struggle in the early nineties by the indigenous EZLN Zapatista movement in Mexico. For an indigenous group, comprised of mainly of farmers from a low… Read more
Riding Into History Posted on July 15, 2011April 27, 2021 By Rhea J Gurung Nirakar Yakthumba, of 1974 AD, a well known figure in the Nepali music scene, is now making a name for himself as a cycle and environmental enthusiast. As one of the founders of Life Cycle, a cycling resort in Hetauda, Nirakar talks to Verse about the organization, the benefits of… Read more