Visiting Tiger Mountain when the peaks are not visible forces visitors to explore the forest and birds
Kunda Dixit
On Friday morning, at the age of 95, legendary chronicler of Himalayan climbing Elizabeth Hawley left us for good.
The past was petrol, the present is electric and the future is hydrogen
In South Africa and Nepal we share a similar sense of dreams shattered
After 20 years in the wilderness, Nepal now needs political stability to ensure investment, job creation, and more efficient governance
‘Phulko Ankha Ma’ is famous not just in Nepal: it is being translated and sung in Hindi and German
Saga of an Indian-Chinese family interned during the 1962 war has resonance today
Beijing and New Delhi used to go out of their way not to irritate each other, but lately they are doing just the opposite.
The feminisation of Nepali politics is trickling down to the grassroots through new constitutionally-mandated quotas for women candidates in local elections.
There is now a danger that the politico-criminal nexus that profited from the lack of grassroots accountability is now fielding candidates for village and municipal councils.
The executive and legislative branches have now brought down the remaining pillar in Nepal’s democracy that was still standing upright, the judiciary.
Where is the fiction about the facts of global warming, asks Amitav Ghosh
International help has fallen far short of pledges and is much less than the amount actually needed, a lot of it is not going through the NRA, and the government has failed in coordination.
Nepal’s cultural, linguistic, religious and ethnic diversity is Nepal’s national identity. How Nepalis want to define themselves should not change just because there is a new power balance in New Delhi.
The fate of local elections still hangs in the balance because of obstructions by Tarai-based parties which want amendments to the constitution be passed first
Akal Man Nakarmi passed away last week at age 71 virtually unnoticed by a nation preoccupied with the constitution and elections.
How to rehydrate Nepal’s thirsty villages
Individual Nepalis who have shown through dedication and determination that it is possible to build a better future for this country.
The Kia Soul finally makes driving battery cars comfortable and affordable in Kathmandu
Maximov once told me “Every flight is pilgrimage” because it reminded him of how humans paled into insignificance amidst the majesty and magnitude of these mountains.
The emperor doesn’t like it when we point out that he is naked.
It may be better to scrap the CIAA since it is too prone to abuse by politicians for political vendetta.
As long as we cannot set our politics right and steer the country towards economic growth we will continue to be treated as a footnote to history
With the former enemies now in the governing coalition, it is up to civil society and the media to remember not to forget wartime atrocities.
