Me, the Interpreter
Trials and tribulations of the job while learning the language myself
maoist-conflict
All is fair in war (and peace)
Retelling the Maoist conflict, and its impact on Nepali society and politics
The scars of war
It was exactly 20 years ago that Rabina Regmi and her brother Rabin were travelling with their parents when their bus was...
Nepal’s ‘war tourism’ is a scam
After the decade-long Maoist conflict ended in 2006, ex-guerrilla commanders and local governments here saw great potential for ‘war tourism’ in the...
Nepal must work on human rights
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, urging him to uphold the rights...
Nepal’s cycles of revolution
Why is Nepal in a state of perpetual revolution? Why do leaders who have suffered and sacrificed so much for the cause...
The empty chairs
Nepal went through a protracted internal armed conflict from 1996-2006 after the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) launched a rebellion to liberate...
Disappearance of justice
Bimala Dhakal’s husband Rajendra was a human rights lawyer in Gorkha, and had to go underground because the authorities suspected that he had...
A personal encyclopaedia of the Himalaya
If there is one book you must set aside, either for new year holiday reading or as a Christmas gift to a...
Moving mountains
Lucia de Vries first saw the majesty of the Himalaya in Gilgit of Pakistan 25 years ago, and fantasised about becoming a...
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