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Nina Mandanhar, “‘Tyson’ Rana” “This image is from Gurkha Sons, a series of images that documents a new generation of British-Nepalis, zooming in on forms of collective cultural expression through style, music, sport, and the social spaces these young men inhabit. Since 2004, Gurkha families have migrated multi-generational households from Nepal to Britain under new settlement rights. The population of Nepalis in the UK has increased from 6,000 to an estimated 100,000. The image from this series was shot in Aldershot, its close proximity to the Army base, making it home to the largest Nepali diasporic community in the UK. Here, Tyson customises his hat with his father’s Army medal. Tyson is part of a group that call themselves k-BOYZ. The k stands for Kaprukka, the Nepali word for frozen stiff – a reference to how they feel when they ride their bikes in the cold English weather. k-BOYZ organise and promote their own events and parties at the Empire Club.”

Photography Nina Mandanhar. Courtesy of Riposte