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Remaking of Nepal

In the six years after the earthquake, Nepal has lurched from one crisis after another. Even as the country was trying to...

New Delhi’s new dealings in Nepal

When Kathmandu Valley was still known as Swoniga (three cities), back in the medieval Lichhavi-Malla era, the Ganga plains did not send diplomats or...

Kulman Ghising’s tenure at NEA in doubt

Kulman Ghising, the man widely credited with ending daily 14 hours of power cuts is due to step down next month after...

Stop complaining, start contributing

Whether you see the glass as half empty or half full, it is time to take action and move ahead

Anil Chitrakar

Two takes on the Nepal-India nexus

Nepal Nexus, the English translation and updated version of the 2013 bestseller Prayogshala by editor Sudheer Sharma, offers readers a vivid account of Nepal’s ten-year...

History and context from Mahat

Ram Sharan Mahat, former foreign and finance minister of the Nepali Congress, has published an important book that serves as an explainer and update...

Re-imagining South Asia

The book Another South Asia! with an assertive exclamation mark in its title requires one to pause, and step back to recall...

Conjoined twins

In a recent meeting with editors of Nepal’s mainstream media, six months after assuming office, Prime Minister K P Oli was grilled...

Birganj waits for the boom

History, geography and economy make this strategic border city an important hub

Anil Chitrakar

Fire in the belly

https://youtu.be/o86akJuUBR8Industrial fire today in Chabahil saw locals using their bare hands to fill buckets with muddy water. It took 27 minutes for...