Tales from Tundikhel
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Dates2020 - Ongoing
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Author
- Topics Social Issues, Documentary, Archive
- Location Kathmandu, Nepal
Multimedia project about a open public space in Kathmandu
Project website: https://readymag.com/nepalpiclibrary/2294441/
Tundikhel, often referred to as ‘the lungs of Kathmandu’, is an open, public space of social, political, historical and cultural importance. What was once a wide and undivided open space in the heart of Kathmandu, almost 5 kilometres in length and 300 metres in width, has now been reduced to a fraction of its original size.
Despite the growing concerns and protests by locals and activists, encroachment of this land continues. The case of Tundikhel reflects a larger problem of gradual decrease of public space in the city and controlled access to the limited spaces that do remain.
