The unique tradition of devotional songs performed by women needs continuity
Tracing the origin and influence of Nepal's Uranw people who speak the country's only Dravidian language
Sherpa folk music predate climate change in sanctifying protection of the mountain environment
Tharu songs plumb the depths of emotion as Nepal’s indigenous people grapple with modernity
Chilean musicians find familiar music in the trans-Himalayan district of Dolpo in Nepal
Social exclusion by mainstream society is driving this endangered ethnic group and its unique language to extinction
When Disha Ravi, a 22-year-old Indian climate activist was arrested last month for sharing online information related to the farmers’ protest in…
Agriculture expert Yamuna Ghale was on a research visit to Dolakha district when she heard the women livestock farmers complain that their goats…
Because Nepal is located at the confluence of four eco-biological domains, and because of its vast altitude difference, the country has the…
If you like Nepali folk songs, you must have come across a hirsute man on Youtube, singing old, familiar songs with an unusual accent and lilt.…
Dystopian fiction predict a distant future where morals and ethics are forgotten and post-apocalyptic humans kill to survive. But what if…
This week Siddhartha Art Gallery brings to us the rare opportunity to view the works of two celebrated Tibetan thangka artists, Tenzing Dhargay…
NCP parliamentarian Agni Sapkota has been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives, despite ongoing protests against his candidacy.…
Sarah Yonzan Giri never intended to become a sign-language expert. The wife of Nepal’s famous Panchayat-era prime minister, she was living in…
Mira Rai is already well known in Nepal and in the international athletic community as a trail runner, and a new book spreads her fame beyond…
Mani Lama, 73, never intended to become a photographer. As a young man he studied agriculture in America, but destiny had other designs.As a…
The visitor to the Taragaon Museum is surrounded by faces: from large, realistic examinations of elderly men and women to symbolic portraits in…
An ongoing impasse over the Speaker at the House of Representatives has once more brought to the fore the power struggle within the ruling Nepal…
Nepal’s public health system has no mechanism for recording suicides, and the only statistics about suicides can be found in police records.…
Nepal is stepping up preparations for its 10-year census in 2021, which is slated to be the most hitech in history and will go beyond simply…
Federalism was supposed to bring the government closer to the people, decentralise medical care and improve public health at the grassroots. But…
The Nepal Literature Festival (NLF) has expanded in scope and content since it started eight years ago, and the 2019 edition this weekend will…
An exhibition of contemporary art on Padmasambhava does not just revive the legend of the Buddhist guru, but also displays the wide variety of…
The cover of Nepali Times Issue 478 (27 Nov-3 Dec 2009)Mahagadimai Municipality of Bara district is preparing for an influx of millions of…
