The State of Journalism in Nepal

So, yesterday my friend and journalist colleague, Rishi Dhamala, was released from prison here in Nepal. He’d spent a couple of month on charges of involvement in terrorism(!) but in the end the police didn’t produce a shred of evidence! He’s always blamed the Maoist government to be behind his (political?) arrest, said it was [...]

Posted in: Nepal Op-Ed by Morten Svenningsen 2 Comments

Making a Photo Slideshow etc.

Spent the afternoon today back out in Boudha, no photos this time, just having coffee with an ‘old hippie’ (hope you don’t mind me calling you that, B, it’s with all due respect!) and his beautiful Nepalese wife. Interesting to hear what the place was like in the 70’s, without the traffic, noise, pollution and [...]

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Shooting Tibetan Monks

In between changing diapers and rocking her to sleep, I sometimes manage to sneak out of the house for a couple of hours! Usually I head to Boudha if I don’t have anything special to do. Great place for walking around with the camera! So this is turning into a little project, I suppose. Taking [...]

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