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

Temporary burial for flood victims in Nepal

Nepal, Sept. 1 -- he death toll of the Nepal-China floods reached 1,050 on Tuesday, a week since the catastrophic disaster. Some 4,000 people are still unaccounted for, including 583 foreign nationals... Read More

Certainty on a Himalayan scale

Nepal, Aug. 31 -- After the flood in Nepal last week, many news reports and interviews say the link between the disaster and the climate crisis is 'unclear', or still being figured out. Benjamin Horto... Read More

Heartbreak and hope go together in Nepal

Nepal, Aug. 30 -- Talk of death is everywhere at the premises of a Kathmandu hospital: "Is he still recognisable?", "How do we keep the body from decomposing?", "It has been four days, there is no cha... Read More

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