Ewi Tsering Bhuti and that Photo... #dolpowomen
Photo 1: A candid moment with Ewi Tsering Bhuti Since my ‘baal-kuney’ Jai-Nepal (one of the oldest cinema halls in Kathmandu, Nepal) times watching ‘Caravan’ directed by Eric Valli, I have always remained curious on how Eric Valli saw and projected ‘Dolpo’, one of the Himalayan Indigenous community. Besides how Valli and his team economically benefited, I was (and still) more attuned in understanding how various peoples from Dolpo and the larger scattered community as a whole (socio-culturally, economically, and politically) benefited or not benefited. Thanks to some critical piece/reflection by Ken Bauer, Sara Shneiderman/Mark Turin, Puspa Damai and Gerda Pauler, we’ve alternative vantage points on how the ‘Himalaya’ project can be critically analyzed. In past, I have chosen to reflect on gender narratives and consequently, thanks to both Manjushree T...