The exhibition is being organised at a time when conflict victims have been expressing dissatisfaction over the way the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission on Investigation into Disappeared, two transitional justice bodies formed to probe into wartime crime, have been working.
Mementoes preserved by the family members of the disappeared were displayed creatively.
Some, who were involved in the People's War were present at the exhibition and had posted photos from their private collection as well.
A shackle kept with care for over two years by the wife of Guru Prasad Kathariya was one such memento.
"My husband used to carry it all the time whenever he would go to the paddy field. It lay idle when he was disappeared and got rusted. I have been keeping it safe as his last memento," said Ramkali Devi Tharu while of Guru.
Similarly, video stories were also on display. Members of conflict victims also shared their sorrow through videos. There was also a picture of former Maoist Combatants clade.
Nagma Mali's father worked as a sculptor at a factory in the capital. The army took the father of two young girls during the peak of the conflict from his workplace for interrogation. He has not returned since.
Source: SBS Nepali/Pratichya Dulal
"We have waited for a long time, and now we want to know whether our father is dead or alive," said Mali, who hails from the outskirts of Lalitpur, in the south of capital Kathmandu.
Many visitors had tears in their eyes when they heard the story of an old lady who has not lost her hope of meeting her son who has been missing for the past 16 years.
"The exhibition is an endeavour to tell the plight of the conflict victims and also urge the government to act to give them justice", said the organisers.
Caption next to the boot reads: "Last year the commission took my statement. They still haven't given me any relief materials. They say that they won't give us any reparations since too much time has passed. Didn't too much time pass when the bomb exploded?" Lila Gurung, Chipledhunga Bomb Explosion Survivor, Pokhara. Source: SBS Nepali/Pratichya Dulal
