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Nepal, March 1 -- If you did not watch the understated movie (The Woolen Sweater) after it was released in May last year, you missed a major turning point in Nepali cinema. Much-hyped films fall short... Read More


Democracy in the manosphere

Nepal, March 1 -- What is common across all major political parties contesting the election on Friday is that they are all led by influential men. Rabi Lamichhane + Balendra Shah duo head the RSP, G... Read More


Letter from Norway

Nepal, Feb. 28 -- It was inspiring for me here in Norway to read Radhesh Pant's Guest Editorial in Nepali Times on 4 February titled 'A Chance for Nepal's Political Renewal'. Now the time has come, w... Read More


Nepalis Select Who To Elect

Nepal, Feb. 27 -- Of the nearly 19 million eligible voters in next week's election in Nepal, an estimated 5 million are abroad and cannot cast their ballots. Many others within Nepal must travel to th... Read More


Spot AI generated election videos

Nepal, Feb. 27 -- Last year, an audio clip of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) vice-president Swarnim Wagle surfaced on Facebook in which the potential future finance minister appeared to be having a pr... Read More


Homecoming at election time

Nepal, Feb. 24 -- Many disenfranchised Nepali workers overseas have returned home to make their voices heard This is the 86th episode of Diaspora Diaries, a Nepali Times series in collaboration with M... Read More


A life or death election in Nepal

Nepal, Feb. 23 -- Nepal's next government should be judged by the lives it saves, not by speeches and ribbon-cutting Early on Monday morning, a bus from Pokhara to Kathmandu plunged off the highway in... Read More


AI takeover of all media

Nepal, Feb. 22 -- AI is coming for 'content' -- everything from advertising and novels to movies and journalism. The result is likely to be simultaneously horrific, wonderful, depressing and exciting.... Read More


Rukum in the eyes of its children

Nepal, Feb. 21 -- This week 30 years ago, the Maoists launched their armed struggle from the rugged mountains of Rukum, attacking a police post in Athbiskot on 13 February 1996 (Editorial, page 2). T... Read More


Langtang Emmentaler

Nepal, Feb. 21 -- In the lap of Langtang lie misty meadows that are carpeted with alpine flowers during the monsoon. It was here that Gyalbu Tamang (pictured, right) spent his childhood accompanying h... Read More