Documenting the Anthropocene
This year’s Film Southasia has 47 documentaries that showcase human activities and their interconnectedness with nature
Languages are both software and hardware
“Dropping out of school had a surprisingly positive impact on my life.”
Meet the cello girl
Job insecurity in security forces
Nepal’s police and army face recruitment crisis due to youth outmigration, low salaries
Pokhara’s tourism woes
Despite huge potential, the lake city takes a hit due to cuts in flights at Kathmandu’s airport
Sunmaya Budha stays in the running
Nepali ultramarathoner clocks records in international races as she prepares for the world championship in Spain next year
Oli’s oscillations
Prime Minister prepares to visit Beijing amid strained ties with New Delhi
Bad COP
COP29 in another petrostate does not offer much hope in reducing climate harm. We are on our own.
English is not the be-all and end-all
When will Nepalis learn that just speaking English does not a wise person make?
We Have No Land, We Are The Land. We Have No Sea, We Are The Sea
Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East make us forget that climate change has also long since claimed its victims. Its geographical effects are inevitably fueling social stress, political tensions and even military violence
Climate
Bad COP
COP29 in another petrostate does not offer much hope in reducing climate harm. We are on our own.
Crocodile Chronicle
Nepal has rescued the gharial from extinction, but the rare reptile has a sex problem
Climate security and geopolitics
In the run-up to COP29, a conversation with political scientist Ian Bremmer on balancing zero-sum geopolitics with decarbonisation
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Kathmandu airport to cut flight hours
High living below the Himalaya
Back to the land in the cities
In with the old in Nepal
Opinions
Bad COP
Asia’s ‘Eastminster Model’
Meet the cello girl
I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter
English is not the be-all and end-all
We Have No Land, We Are The Land. We Have No Sea, We Are The Sea
I meet myself in stillness
20YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter
Review
Karmarong in Karmarong
Talented artist from Mugu weaves the story of his people into unique thangka paintings
The present meets the past
French anthropologist’s photographs are a time machine taking viewers back to Nepal 60 years ago
Menstruation is normal, period
Anthology of stories of stigma from around the world by women who overcame discrimination
Business
Emergency exits only for emergencies
A spate of recent incidents in which domestic passengers have tried to open emergency exit doors has caused significant disruptions and safety...
Turkish Technic
Maintenance, repair and overhaul service provider Turkish Technic signed two agreements with SunExpress Airlines to provide access to Technic’s comprehensive component pool,...
Tilganga Nijgad
Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology with The Fred Hollows Foundation has inaugurated its Nijgad Tilganga Community Eye Hospital, the first of its kind...