The soil thirsts for answers: Inside Bardiya’s living monument to Nepal’s disappeared

A year-long exhibition dedicated to victims of enforced disappearances during Nepal’s armed conflict is underway in Bardiya, marking what organisers describe as the country’s longest-running conflict-related memory installation.

Titled “Memories Will Haunt,” the exhibition opened on the International Day of the Disappeared and will continue until August 31. It is being held at a memorial park in Barbardiya Municipality, established by families of the disappeared and dedicated entirely to victims of enforced disappearance.