In November 2006, an agreement was signed in Nepal bringing to an end eleven years of violence in which an estimated 13,000 people died.
Photojournalist Nilayan Dutta was in the capital, Katmandu, and his gallery
records the mood in the city as the government and Maoist rebels agreed to stop
fighting.
A new multi-party coalition government is to be formed and its announcement was greeted by widespread celebrations throughout the country.
"This moment marks the end of the two hundred and thirty eight-year-old feudal system," Maoist leader Prachanda declared, "Our party will work with new responsibility and new vigor to make a new Nepal."
Nilayan, born in Kolkata (Calcutta) thirty years ago, is a self-taught photographer who started working with The Telegraph in his home city and has since started to contribute to Reuters and The Associated Press from eastern and north-eastern India.
He completed an internship, courtesy of World Press Photo, with Focus Photo und Presseagentur and GEO in Germany in 2004.
He is now represented by Drik Picture Library and is a lecturer in photojournalism at the College of Mass Communication and Journalism in Katmandu. His work has been published in many international publications.
For his gallery, he used a Canon 350D camera with an 18-55 lens.
“I am engaged in a project to document the historic and political change in Nepal," says Nilayan. “The peace deal on 8 November 2006 ended the violence and has brought peace to the country. I think this is a very important time to document the changing situation which the people have been expecting for so long.”
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