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In Nepal, flood followed fire

Nepal, Sept. 11 -- Exactly a year ago, the launch of my book, 'Nepal 2043' had to be postponed. The country was mourning the loss of life on 8-9 September, and still smouldering from the fires that ra... Read More


Damage and Loss

Nepal, Sept. 10 -- he massacre of 19 youth outside Parliament on 8 September 2025 ignited protests the next day that reduced to ashes all three pillars of the state: the legislature, judiciary and exe... Read More


Nepal grapples with limited DNA analysis capacity

Nepal, Sept. 9 -- Unlike the 2015 earthquake, when the death toll could be accurately tallied relatively quickly, the number of bodies retrieved after the Trisuli Flood two weeks ago is one-fifth of t... Read More


Nepal's youth revolt, a year later

Nepal, Sept. 8 -- On 8 September 2025, Icchya Thapa, 23, woke up all excited to join the rally that Nepal's GenZ had been organising online. Like many young Nepalis, she was outraged by a corrupt soc... Read More


Nepal tells tourists: 'Your Visit Matters'

Nepal, Sept. 7 -- Nepal's tourism industry has lurched from one crisis to another: the ten-year Maoist conflict, years of political instability and road closures, the 2015 earthquake and blockade, the... Read More


The return of the Taleju necklace

Nepal, Sept. 6 -- In the sanctum sanctorum of the Taleju Temple dedicated to the matron deity of the Malla kings in Kathmandu was a jewel-studded necklace. In 1970, during the height of the Panchayat ... Read More


Trisuli on my mind

Nepal, Sept. 5 -- In March, my father walked through Trisuli Bazar, entering shops, greeting passersby, and shaking hands with past schoolmates, childhood friends and acquaintances. He had a spring in... Read More


Building back better and safer

Nepal, Sept. 4 -- More than a week after the catastrophic Himalayan tsunami that tore through the Nepal-Tibet border and swept away entire villages downstream across five districts, the country is com... Read More


A disastrous state of affairs in Nepal

Nepal, Sept. 3 -- Its sheer scale may have been a shock, but the Trisuli Disaster last week was not unexpected. Climatologists and seismologists have been warning of such calamities for decades. But a... Read More


The documentary Devi shown to MPs

Nepal, Sept. 2 -- Devi Khadka joined the Maoist insurgency, hoping to raise her voice against patriarchy, misogyny and discrimination. She committed herself to fighting for women's rights and gender e... Read More