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Nepal to conduct census amidst Covid-19 surge

Nepal is being engulfed by a second Covid-19 wave, but that has not deterred the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) as it...

Shristi Karki

The India, US, Nepal, China quadrangle

Nepal’s Communist Party leaders must take note of two events that unfolded in India this week: the roaring welcome to US President Donald...

Golden deities

This week Siddhartha Art Gallery brings to us the rare opportunity to view the works of two celebrated Tibetan thangka artists, Tenzing...

Killing field

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4YTxDqg2lA&feature=youtu.beDespite national and international outrage and a Supreme Court ruling against the cruel ritual, Nepal’s Gadimai Mela, the world’s largest mass sacrifice...

Activists decry animal slaughter at Nepal temple

Mahagadimai Municipality of Bara district is preparing for an influx of millions of visitors next month for the practice of mass animal...

Chhath Parva

Chhath is an important festival in Nepal’s Tarai plains dedicated to the Sun God and his sister Chhathi Maiya. The festival concluded...

Bhaktapur celebrates Gai Tihar

The third day of Tihar is Gai Tihar which celebrates cows. Cows are seen as a symbol of mother and nurture because...

Creatures of Culture

As befitting a country whose patron deity is The Lord of Animals, Nepal’s autumn festival cycle is about offering buffaloes, goats and...

In an Animal Farm

George Orwell wrote 1984 to warn us about tyranny perpetuated by fear, and Animal Farm to tell an allegorical tale of the...

DASAIN ONCE MORE

It is once more that time of year when Nepalis eat, drink, and make merry in family reunions. Dasain is what binds the...