Asha Magrati and Deepak Rauniyar Oral History Interview
Asha Magrati and Deepak Rauniyar speak about caste and ethnicity as a Hill Dalit and Madhesi couple, about hiding caste in Kathmandu, how caste can be hidden but not the skin color/ethnicity, and how casteism and colorism continue from Nepal to US.
Highway Film Poster
Film poster of 2012 feature debut Highway. Highway was Asha Magrati and Deepak Rauniyar's first film, and also the first Nepali film to premiere at an A-list film festival. Asha and Deepak made this film in collaboration with a US company: Louverture film. In 2011, they arrived in New York to edit and finish this film. Since then, they have been living between the US and Nepal.
Asha Magrati and Dhanjuman Magrati
In this slideshow, you will see:
Asha Magrati's father, Dhanjuman Magrati, weaving a basket in the foreground as she watches from the back.
White Sun Film Ad
During the White Sun release in New York, the US distributors KimStim put out this advertisement in the New York Times.
