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The Work of Art is a Scream of Freedom - Artree Nepal Open Studio-2017
The different historical periods in Nepal have introduced different rulers who established and adopted various laws and systems that primarily favored themselves. Consequently, there have always been social, political and cultural discriminations; as well as exclusion, injustice, and instability. There have been conflicts and struggle for demanding reforms against such injustice that prevails in the country.
In the year 1996, Maoist rebels accused the ruling monarch and the mainstream political parties and labeled government forces as "feudal forces”. As a result, that led to a decade long civil war which claimed the lives of 17,000 people, a displacement of an estimated 100,000 more, and brought about the end of a 240-year old monarchy.
The conflict brought out the voices of marginalized people to the national agenda - particularly of groups like Madhesi, Dalits (the ‘untouchables’), women, the landless and indigenous people — and widened the political space to articulate their grievances. The result was a series of protests and movements across the country by the Madhesi (people from the Tarai lowland) and indigenous people. Yet, very little progress has been made, challenges remain and the country continues to be politically unstable.
During the Maoist civil war, internal and international mass migration increased exponentially. After the civil war, continuous political conflicts and an unstable government have ignited violence, chaos and uncertainty in the country. This has caused an unexpected rise in mass migration, especially over the past decade, and especially to the Middle East where Nepalese continue to go in unprecedented numbers in search of employment and a better livelihood.
As more and more Nepali citizens aspire for foreign jobs and depart their homeland, profound changes have occurred in the socio-economic fabric of the country. Although the labour migration phenomenon has emerged as an alternative livelihood opportunity for many Nepali households, it imposes new challenges for the government and policy-makers in implementing and managing safe migratory flows between the countries of origin and destination.