Seira Tamang
Fit and worthy
A recent documentary film explores the recruitment of Nepali men into the British Brigade of Gurkhas.
Aug 19, 2013
The Sweet Perfume of Numafung
A feature film from Nepal remains ethnographically sensitive and provides a window to the specificities of the patriarchy that controls rural life in one corner of the country.
Nov 01, 2002
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