Nepal, Oct. 25 -- eritage expert Rajan Khatiwoda in a recent report in this paper, described how families along the Trisuli asked whether an effigy woven from sacred grass could be used in funeral rit... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 24 -- Nepal's negotiators hailed the $21.6 million grant from the UN's Loss & Damage Fund for the Trisuli Valley disaster on 26 August, but it was approved reluctantly, represents only 0.4... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 23 -- Four years ago, during a snow leopard expedition to Upper Dolpo a traditional medicine practitioner at the ancient Samling Monastery told me about the role this elusive Himalayan pre... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 22 -- azz was a strange, foreign musical genre in Nepal before Cadenza came along nearly 30 years ago. But this pioneering Nepali jazz-fusion band did not build its following overnight. N... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 21 -- Australian artist Robert Powell left a prodigious body of work across Asia that spanned Swat Valley to Angkor Wat, but it is the paintings he made while living in Nepal over 30 years... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 20 -- Writing # Gifts, Offerings and Sacrifices: Exploring Newar Rituals in Nepal Who would have thought that votive offerings, sacrifices and feasts could be the subject of a sociologic... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 19 -- Oral history, art, stone inscriptions and the written word have helped us understand the Nepali world and its history. But it was the advent of photography that dramatically changed ... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 18 -- The heavy loss of life in the Trisuli Valley catastrophe of 26 August resulted from it being Nepal's trade, tourism and energy corridor. What is less well known is the river's strate... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 17 -- Adark, viscous trench of sludge is where our street used to be in Devighat. An elderly woman in a red sari paces a second-floor balcony with its concrete balustrade missing. Laundry... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 16 -- With Dasain right around the corner, we are already hearing cries of "Chet!" from rooftops as swooping kite fights engage in full-scale war over Kathmandu's skies. Until recently, i... Read More