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A flood of blood on the Trisuli

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


The content-ification of disaster

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


Kite Girls

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


Children of lesser gods

Nepal, Oct. 15 -- asang Tamang has the kind of smile that stays. If he smiled in a roomful of people, it would be the warmest spot in that room. Seated on a bench in the sign language classroom watchi... Read More


The forgotten custodians of Nepal's cultural heritage

Nepal, Oct. 14 -- When Nepal's national heritage is cited, famous monuments pop into our mind: Dharara, Pashupatinath, the ancient Darbar Squares. History glorifies monarchs and elites for building th... Read More


Nepal's Tamang twice displaced by disaster

Nepal, Oct. 13 -- A Tamang settlement on the banks of the Trisuli, Khalte, with its 257 households, no longer exists. It was swept away in seconds by the wall of mud and debris that came down the Tris... Read More


Health emergency after Nepal flood disaster

Nepal, Oct. 12 -- At Benighat, a mother takes a long detour along damaged roads carrying a child with high fever. The bridge connecting her village to the community health post was swept away in the 2... Read More


A transportation system ahead of its time

Nepal, Oct. 11 -- Fifty years ago, The World Bank ranked Nepal as the sixth poorest country in the world. But even back then Kathmandu already had a small but modern, efficient public transportation s... Read More


Of myth and memory

Nepal, Oct. 10 -- Writing # Deities of Nepal III: Where Myths, Art and Everyday Life Intersect One day, about two years ago, I woke up with my face covered in itchy blisters. I had contracted chicke... Read More


Before-and-after Nepal's GenZ movement

Nepal, Oct. 9 -- he 2022 Survey of the Nepali People was conducted in July, just weeks after the formation of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The follow-up in January-February 2026 gauged public r... Read More