Kathmandu, May 26 -- Umesh Shah's paintings portray nothing unusual. The subjects of his ongoing exhibition 'Rhythm in Roots' are objects we see around everywhere-women, men, animals, and a few instruments.

But if you study his work carefully, you realise its unsuspecting power that can take you places. With each of his piece, he gently assists viewers to travel with him, decades back to Nepal's eastern Tarai, to that little village in Sarlahi where he was born. His brush

strokes are rough, uneven and appear as if drawn casually, but each stroke is heavy with memory.

'Rhythm in Roots', the artist's sixth solo exhibition, is a collection of such personal pieces gathered from his childhood-growing up in homes that featured majestic Mithi...