HOME         REGULAR        COLUMNS        POLL        PHOTOS        ARCHIVE        VACANCIES       BLOGS LIFE TIMES About town  Events and eateries in town  FROM ISSUE #525 (29 OCT 2010 - 04 NOV 2010) |  TABLE OF CONTENTS   SUBSCRIBE NT     PRINT    REFER     WRITE TO EDITOR Share 1 EVENTS The Seven Henry Series: In Search of an Ideal Landscape , an exhibition of supracollages by the acclaimed Indic artist Syyed Iqbal Geoffrey.  Starts 28 October, 5.30pm, till 17 November, Siddhartha Art Gallery, Babar Mahal Revisited, Gallery hours: 11am to 6pm, 12pm to 4pm on Saturdays, 4218048 Planet Nepal Contemporary Art Exhibition , installation art and exhibition by various artists.  2 November-10 November, 5.30pm, Kathmandu Contemporary Arts Centre, Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur, Gallery Hours: 11am to 6pm, Saturdays closed, 5521120 Hope :  An International Schools' Art Exhibition , an exhibition by students of international schools in Kathmandu to help the floo

Gai Jatra, or "Cow Carnival," is a festival that takes place in Kathmandu every monsoon. The story goes like this: A queen loses her beloved child and falls into a depression. Her husband takes the help of a holy man, who promises her that if she can get a sesame seed from the home where there's never been a death, the child can be brought back to life. The procession goes through all the homes where there's been a death that year. The queen finally comes out of her grief when she realizes death is inevitable. Gai Jatra is also characterized by satire of governments and people in high places.  Sushma Joshi took these photos in 2010. These photos show a very small slice of what was going on in Kathmandu on that day. Enjoy!

A Nepali Émigré in Paris and Water were shown at the 3rd Annual Nepali Film Festival in Vancouver. A Nepali Emigre in Paris (2006, 4 min.) Director: Sushma Joshi A Nepali man flees political repression in Nepal in the late 1980s as the fight for democracy begins. After living in Paris for 20 years, he has had no reason to look back - until now, when both his loyalty and his love are torn between two sides. You can see the film on Utube here, by clicking on this link.