At the intersection of literature and photography

Diwas Raja KC, head of Research & Archives at Nepal Picture Library, discusses how visual archives help preserve the stories of marginalised communities.

Diwas Raja KC is a writer, researcher, and curator who currently heads Research and archives at Nepal Picture Library. He is also the editor and curator of the photobook Dalit: A Quest for Dignity (2018) and the co-curator of the award-winning ‘The Public Life of Women: A Feminist Memory Project’. In this conversation with the Post ’s Timila Maharjan , Raja KC explores the significance of literature and photography in documenting Nepal’s feminist and Dalit histories.