The plight of the thousands of Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal draws empathy, sympathy and even nonchalance, but only a refugee can bear witness to what each day in exile truly means. The lens may not lie and yet, what appears on an outsider’s frame may fail to capture as much as an insider’s access can. Voices in Exile is an innovative initiative by PhotoVoice to highlight the issue of the refugees and showcase their life in the camps through their eyes rather than through that of outsiders.

Nepal From the Sky
by Captain Bed Upreti

For us, ground-dwelling humans, accustomed to our often claustrophobic eye-level view, a bird’s-eye view is a novelty. Rising up vertically to the vantage point of a bird, opens up sights that are just not visible from the ground, and thus offers new perspective to the earth we live in, and very often take for granted. Nepal From the Sky for starters is a novel concept, affording the reader a rare and interesting view point of Nepal - from the sky, and Captain Bed Upreti, being a pilot, makes accessible to the reader shots that span the length and breadth of the country.

Timeless Kathmandu
by Dinesh Shrestha, published by Himalayan Map House.

If you love vermillion, Timeless Kathmandu gives you plenty of it, but the city is about so much more. Dinesh Shrestha in his book presents Kathmandu through a myriad of vivid and colourful postcard perfect photographs. The city with its heady mix of history, culture, religion and people is an exciting draw for tourists, and the photographer through his lens tries to capture that character; the essence and the flavour of Kathmandu that makes it what it is.