A flood of blood on the Trisuli

The battles of the Gorkha-China War of 1792 were fought along a river ravaged by this year’s flood Kunda Dixit

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The lost crops of the Himalaya

Migration, markets and climate change have reduced cultivation and consumption of nutritious indigenous grains

Mukesh Pokhrel in Mustang

News

The content-ification of disaster

‘We’re so cooked’ is a fatalistic influencer meme that means the outcome is already decided

Nobel Rimal in Nuwakot

Editorial

Portrait of a world on fire

Nepal must not follow the global trend of democratic backsliding.

Editorial

News

Kite Girls

Making kite-flying (and fighting) an inclusive part of Nepal’s intangible heritage this Dasain

Smaranika Shakya

Suburban Tales

Children of lesser gods

Pasang, Buddha Maya, Phool Tara and hundreds of others have already endured so much in their young lives

Pratibha Tuladhar

Opinion

The forgotten custodians of Nepal’s cultural heritage

The Kami need due recognition for creating and preserving the country’s cultural traditions

Arjun Bahadur B K

News

Nepal’s Tamang twice displaced by disaster

Indigenous community was forced to abandon its ancestral land and resettled in harm’s way along the river

Sarmila Tamang

Opinion/Editorial View all

Editorial

Breathing should not be killing us

By the time the air pollution disaster strikes this winter, it will be too late for many

Editorial

Opinion

Stop calling the Nepal flood a ‘Himalayan Tsunami’

Reality is more complicated than a catchphrase, preparedness starts with an accurate term

Arup Rajouria

Opinion

Earthquake rebuilding to flood recovery

Nepal could show the world how to build back sustainably from a major disaster

Sara Shneiderman and Amy Leigh Johnson

Opinion

How Nepal can get to climate justice at COP

Climate justice is the destination, the mechanisms are the road we must take

Truong Huyen-Chi

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A transportation system ahead of its time

Electric public transport arrived in Kathmandu 50 years ago, but was allowed to rust away

Dan Edwards

Photographing photogenic Nepal

New book captures the richness of Nepal’s natural world, and its creatures great and small

Kunda Dixit

Nepal’s youth revolt, a year later

Students of the September Storm in Kathmandu reflect on how the rally turned deadly, and what has changed

Sudiksha Tuladhar and Shuvani Singh

Nepal beyond the postcards.

People should not have to be extraordinary simply to survive extraordinary loss

Jessica Amity

Climate View all

What the Himalaya can learn from the Andes

Peru and Nepal share common risks from climate breakdown and glacial retreat

Kaede Polkinghorne

Monsoon storms batter Nepal

14 missing in deadly avalanche, floods and landslides damage highways

Smaranika Shakya

Kathmandu 10 Actions announced

ICIMOD's Himalayan members pledge to work on early warning and data sharing

Nepali Times

Nepal PM's impassioned UNGA speech

Full text of Prime Minister Balendra Shah's address to the General Assembly

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A flood of blood on the Trisuli

Safe & Happy Dasain

The lost crops of the Himalaya

The content-ification of disaster

Portrait of a world on fire

Kite Girls

Children of lesser gods

The forgotten custodians of Nepal’s cultural heritage

Nepal’s Tamang twice displaced by disaster

Breathing should not be killing us

Stop calling the Nepal flood a ‘Himalayan Tsunami’

Earthquake rebuilding to flood recovery

How Nepal can get to climate justice at COP

A transportation system ahead of its time

Photographing photogenic Nepal

Nepal’s youth revolt, a year later

Nepal beyond the postcards.

What the Himalaya can learn from the Andes

Monsoon storms batter Nepal

Kathmandu 10 Actions announced

Nepal PM's impassioned UNGA speech

Of myth and memory

The god who never wanted to leave

Tenzing screens for the home crowd

Gripping drama of the transgender community