Nepal, Nov. 2 -- pring gives way to a rainy monsoon, and then autumn arrives in a quiet, spectacular way. Apple orchards are heavy with fruit below a rugged trans-Himalayan landscape. For tourists wh... Read More
Nepal, Nov. 1 -- Quantity is no longer the problem with Mustang's apple economy, quality is. And that is what a project in the scenic village of Thini is trying to achieve. The slopes below the icy p... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 31 -- Worshippers gazing reverently at the face of a deity in a temple rarely wonder whose hands gave it shape. Unknown master artists of the Kathmandu Valley passed on their skills within... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 30 -- spell of exceptionally clear weather brought bright blue skies, stunning mountain views, and pollution-less air to Nepal over Dasain and into this week, raising the spirits of a nati... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 29 -- ight months ago in this space, I argued that Nepal's crisis is better explained by homegrown institutional decay than by 'foreign hands'. And here we go again: the India question is ... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 27 -- The exceptionally good weather in Pokhara during Dasain week seemed to lift spirits in Nepal's tourist town which saw tour groups cancel following news of the devastating floods on t... Read More
Nepal, Oct. 26 -- Nepal is a multi-disaster prone country, and climate breakdown will make these compounded hazards more and more frequent. But even through disasters that have struck over the past d... Read More
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