Radio
In this edition, we hear how local radio initiatives in India and Nepal have benefited communities and helped improve lives. In Budikote village in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, locals benefit from programs on agriculture, banking, health, and governance broadcast by a community cable audio network. And in Palpa, a small hill town in western Nepal, school children catch up with classes with a little bit of help from their community
Conflict photo
Maoist training camp
Personal informational
Prize winning photo 2005 NFPJ A young female Maoist rebel. Since the start of the conflict between Maoist rebels and Nepali security forces in February 1996, an estimated 12,000 people have been killed.
About Me
- Nepal photographer
- kathmandu, kathmandu, Nepal
- Sagar Shrestha is a freelance Photojournalist who has been practicing the trade for the past 14 years. He was born in Kathmandu in 1970 and has since traveled the breadth and distance of Nepal. Shrestha ventured into the world of photography while still in school but his first professional gig came in 1996 when he started to work with a Nepali daily paper Himalaya Times. At the same time he also began working for Bimochan, a monthly magazine. From 1997 he joined Saptahik and Sarbottam. Then in 2000, Space Time hired him. From 2003 to 2005, he was with Nepal Samacharpatra Nepali daily. At present, Shrestha is affiliated with Independent News Service (INS) and UNMIN. His other clients have included OHCHR, DFID, PANOS South Asia, The Carter Center, and others. Shrestha has won many awards including consolation Prize at the Asia Pacific Photo Competition in Japan in 2000, Prize of Excellence in Asia Pacific Photo Competition in Japan in 2001, Grand Prize Winner of National Press Photo Contest organized by NFPJ in 2007. www.Sagarshrestha.com.np
Conflict
Mother
Grunang women
Mother and child
Prize winning photo 2005 NFPJ A young female Maoist rebel. Since the start of the conflict between Maoist rebels and Nepali security forces in February 1996, an estimated 12,000 people have been killed.