Freeze Kathmandu

FROM ISSUE # 171 (March 2010) | IN THIS ISSUE
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If anybody knows how to freak people out, it is Shirish Pokharel and everybody who froze on the spot for three minutes in Basantapur Durbar Square, on Valentines Day.

The plan was to gather as many people as possible who would freeze at exactly the same time for three minutes, regardless of what they were up to. And after the three minutes the mob was to get on with whatever they were doing as if nothing unusual had happened. And as crazy as Kathmanduites can get, most participants ended up frozen in the wackiest of positions, tying their shoelaces, falling down, getting into a taxi and even proposing.

The event was organised by Ujwal Thapa (co-creator of Facebook group: Die Nepal Bandh Die) and had a slightly higher purpose than appeared. Though it wasn't directly tied to the cause, the event was actually organised as a fight against bandhs and strikes, to set an example of a peaceful way to protest against these hindrances to a better Nepal.

As for Shirish Pokharel who helped coordinate the program, he claims he was in for the sake of craziness, "I think most people who joined us came because there's a certain thrill in doing things for no reason".