Kathmandu, Sept. 1 -- It's two hours before the opening of the BFA Show 2019 at Nepal Art Council, Babarmahal, but a crowd has already assembled. Many are also immersed at the artworks on display, which were by 17 graduate students of the Sirjana College of Fine Arts as part of their final year projects.

In one corner, a pair of students in college uniform giggle as they look at a series of cartoon characters. One cartoon in particular caught my attention, with it being very timely: Birochan Malla's caricature of a goat reading a calendar which is seen saying, 'Aabui, Dashain aai sakyo' (Oh my! Dashain is here). The series of caricatures are fresh, and hopefully, in coming days, we might see these comic characters develop into stories th...