2015/11/04

A protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, with Somnio: The Way We See It

Our book Somnio: The Way We See It was made public in Kathmandu in a street event by a performance artist, Salil Subedi, who is a close friend of Pushpa Raj Acharya.

A mass protest that has killed some 40 people is going on in the plains of Nepal demanding amendments in the newly promulgated constitution. India has cut off the fuel supply to Nepal in an unofficial blockade.

In response to people's suffering in the plains and hills, Salil went to the streets and performed what he called the 'mob art' and occupied the city spaces reading our poetry.

In Nepal, these photos and his comments have been widely shared in social media. In these photos, you can see him at a downtown crossroads or in front of the parked school buses (the schools are closed because of the fuel shortage and the ongoing festivals).

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