Correcting the historical narrative

‘The Public Life of Women’ is built on the archival memories of the collective struggle of Nepali women to be seen and heard.

The history of Nepal, like most histories of nations and states, is a history of its men, with little attention paid to archival and narrative research on the role of women in Nepali history. As such, our historical narratives present an incomplete picture of our past, a deviation that suggests women had no role to play in Nepal’s past. Such exclusion and invisibility continue to shape our attitudes even today, as seen in how the state emphasises discrimination between its male and female citizens.