Bringing unnoticed stories to life on paper

From chicken coops to old Patan houses, Pragya Mainali’s live sketches open a window to the beauty of everyday life.

For Pragya Mainali, everyday life carries stories that aren’t so ordinary as we make them out to be. The everyday grocer, a chicken coop, a rusted tap outside a village home, and a century-old building in a crammed settlement in Patan—she captures them with her hand, forever immortalising them in her sketchbook.