Valerio Berdini Photography

Children of The Revolution. Nepal. (24 images)

Share

Batch Download Slideshow Buy Image

View: 100 | All

From 1996 until 2006 the Nepalese Communist Party (a Maoist inspired force) fought a 10 years long People's War. The aim was to end a secular monarchical dictatorship lead by the unpopular King Gyanendra.
The revolutionary guerrilla starting from little villages in remote countryside regions managed to spread and gain control of most of the areas. Once it got to the edge of the capital, Kathmandu, a prolonged general strike was launched and blocked the whole country for weeks until the...
more »

View: 100 | All