Ageing which was once framed almost entirely as a fiscal burden is increasingly being recognised as an economic frontier
Ten years ago, Patan’s Astaman Maharjan donated a plot of land in a prime location and Rs5 million to build an old age home. Even though the…
Jyoti Bikash Bank this week distributed warm clothing for the elderly at the Matatirtha Old-Age Home. Assistant General Manager of the Bank Ram…
State neglect, international apathy, and the climate crisis magnify vaccine inequity in Nepal
There is breaking news every other day: the United States donates 2 million Moderna shots to Bangladesh and Pakistan. Denmark announces 250,000…
Even as Nepal completes the first phase of its Covid vaccine drive to inoculate frontline health workers and other high-risk groups, new…
Prakash Parajuli at the Tribhuvan International Airport, before boarding his flight to Japan. PHOTO: PRAKASH PARAJULIOn 21 December 2020,…
A girl worships in a locked up Ganesh temple in Kuleshwor in Kathmandu this week. All photos: Rajani MaharjanFor decades, Dhanamaya Singh…
Up until two months ago, health experts were perplexed as to why mostly younger people were dying of Covid-19 in Nepal and other South Asian…
After the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, it was not immediately apparent that the world would turn upside down like it did. As February…
Even before the two-week lockdown, more and more Nepali families with elderly relatives hired nursing care at home. Several companies had…
Pashupati Briddha Ashram home for the elderly. All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAEver since the nationwide lockdown was announced on 23 March, the fear…
Though the medium is oil on canvas, Mann Gurung employs only sepia tones in his paintings, evoking the era of old photographs. Indeed, his…
In her recent article in this paper ‘Gurkha Grandparents’ (#944) Sikuma Rai movingly describes the plight of many elderly Nepalis now living in…
As a married, working woman with a child, it was impossible for Jasmine Bajracharya to take days off to care for her ailing parents. They needed…
