I never knew it, actually Inever had to know, but the view of the sunrise from the window on the right side of my office desk is quite wonderful. I realized this only today morning at 7, while the WAVE team continued to put finishing touches on this issue. The work clock extended to over 24 hours, including an all night. Why the fuss? It's not just the beginning of March or a particularly spectacular morning. Starting with the cover itself, originally two different ones, it is simply an attempt to design our magazine in such a way that it may look quite unlike any of its last 110 issues. We have experimented with both color and black and white, while putting an equal focus on the content. In fact, this issue we have worked to immerse you, the readers, on chapters x.
There are only a handful of designers in Nepal who enjoy crossing the lines of conventional designs, experimenting with 'newness.' Nepali web designers are the same, and the developments in both fields have been simultaneous, often complimenting each other quite a bit. Most of them have learnt just by seeing and trying a lot. In one of our features this month, we trace and timeline the Nepali quest of weaving the web and the beginning of a romance between designers and digital art in the country. We also take a quick trip in time to breeze through the beginning of the Nepali film Industry and meet one of it's makers. And to continue on Nepali performing arts, we check out a new sound from a band with a setup not often seen or heard in Nepal's male dominated rock music scene.
The 50s and 60s saw a new culture emerge on and off screen in the US; motorcycles. Writer Hunter S. Thompson, one of my personal favorites, took his own life in mid Feb. this year. His mind- boggling Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas has been brilliantly adapted on screen and the chronicles of the Hell's Angels he published is nothing like anyone could ever write about the biker group. Motorbikes have long been romanticized in pop culture across the world, including Nepal. The title of our cover story is, of course, homage to the 1969 classic Easy Rider. The article itself is mostly about motorbikes in Nepal. And this paragraph, my obituary for Thompson, who, from what works of his I have read, explored several worlds at a time, pushing all boundaries. His book [and another's] helped write some chapters in my life a few years ago. But the writings, they never stop, and the road divide and bend, never end. There is always room for another chapter x in all of us.
