We don’t need statistics stating that a certain percent of people are emigrating at a certain rate per year. We know it is happening. We all have someone close abroad in pursuit of happiness, and the issue has become so banal, and so obscured by day to day doldrums that we just don’t care anymore like a word which has lost its meaning after countless mind-numbing repetitions. And this is exactly where ArtLab’s Prasad (meaning sacred offering), a not-for-profit, street-art movement venerating local heroes by turning their facial profiles into art to inspire the youth via their unique personas and contribution to the Nepali diaspora, comes in. And whether attendees loved or hated the artworks, it elicited responses, where the myriads of various art forms inspired a diversity of dialog and perspectives.“I’m leaving abroad Nepal soon for my higher studies,” continues attendee and musician, Yuvash Vaidya, 22, “but I don’t need to come back. I can help my country even when abroad.” Sumeeta Buddhacharya, 46, who was the principal of a local school in Kathmandu for 15 years, adds: “Of course students want the advance technological infusion in studies abroad. But the new generation needs to respect where they come from and help the country, especially after the earthquake.” This art in the supermarket also implemented another strategy to convince the youth to stay back by venerating the local heroes. Accomplishments of Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Laxman Singh Khadga, Satya Mohan Joshi, Mahabir Pun, Laxman Singh Khadka, Narayan Gopal, and Durga Baral, were celebrated in soft pastel on cardboard papers, where Pragati Basnet, 22, an engineering student stated, “This works. This does prove that you can do great things even in Nepal.” Even aforementioned local heroes were present at the exhibit, where hero Singer Hari Devi Koirala pointed out that, “It’s the new generation that brings innovation.Without it, how can a country survive?”, while other local hero, cartoonist Durga Baral, advised to learn international and serve local, exactly like how the ArtLab artists modernised the previous generation—without tainting history but re-interpreting them in artistic ways. - See more at: http://www.lightnepalvdo.com/videos/laxman-singh-khadka/#sthash.qyv4CN2c.dpuf
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