When disaster strikes home
Four Nepali migrant workers share their experiences of the earthquake 10 years ago
“Tell me what the common man is thinking!”
Extract from an addendum to Nepal's Two Wars, Chapter 2 in the updated edition of Essays on Nepal: Past and Present by Sam Cowan, a retired British Army general with a long association with the Gurkhas.
Loss of soul and soil
Lagan Tole escaped relatively unscathed in the earthquake, but 10 years later, it has lost much of its essence
Structural problems
Strict building codes, emergency preparedness and proper land use to make public buildings safer
The healer of far-western Nepal
Compassionate surgeon in distant district treats broken bones, but battles poverty and injustice every day
It better be better next time
A decade after the 2015 disaster, there are lessons for Nepal in coordination of international relief
82 in २०८२
Nepalis born around Bikram Sambat year 2000 remember what life was like, and how it has changed
What is invisible is more dangerous
Kathmandu Valley’s air is not polluted, it is poisonous
Away from home when Nepal shook
A migrant worker remembers the worry when being so far away during the 2015 earthquake
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