Documenting the Anthropocene

This year’s Film Southasia has 47 documentaries that showcase human activities and their interconnectedness with nature

Pinki Sris Rana

Languages are both software and hardware

“Dropping out of school had a surprisingly positive impact on my life.”

Nepali Times

Job insecurity in security forces

Nepal’s police and army face recruitment crisis due to youth outmigration, low salaries

Man Bahadur Basnet

Pokhara’s tourism woes

Despite huge potential, the lake city takes a hit due to cuts in flights at Kathmandu’s airport

Vishad Raj Onta

Sunmaya Budha stays in the running

Nepali ultramarathoner clocks records in international races as she prepares for the world championship in Spain next year

Vishad Raj Onta

Oli’s oscillations

Prime Minister prepares to visit Beijing amid strained ties with New Delhi

Shristi Karki

Bad COP

COP29 in another petrostate does not offer much hope in reducing climate harm. We are on our own.

Editorial

English is not the be-all and end-all

When will Nepalis learn that just speaking English does not a wise person make?

Anbika Giri

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