military

Defence mechanism

The Nepal Army has no business going into business

India’s trial by fire for soldiers from Nepal

A Tripartite Agreement in 1947 allowed the continued recruitment of Nepalis into the British and Indian Armies, but New Delhi’s plan to...

Forbidden to remember the Kotbada massacre

It was 8 December 2002, and my documentary जोगीमाराका ज्युँदाहरु (The Living of Jogimara) was being screened at the Kathmandu International Mountain...

Who will rescue Nepalis from Afghanistan?

As the Taliban closes in on Kabul, international media attention on the rescue of Western diplomats has overshadowed the plight of thousands...

A forgotten Gurkha rebellion

It was evening in September 1996, and some of us Gurkha soldiers who were fed up with the way we were being...

A forgotten Gurkha rebellion

It was evening in September 1996, and some of us Gurkha soldiers who were fed up with the way we were being...

Preparing for the clash of empires

Nepal has become one of the locations in Asia in which three large powers will increasingly intersect and collide in the coming...

Russia-Nepal cooperation poised for growth: Ambassador

New Russian Ambassador to Nepal, Aleksei A Novikov, spoke to Nepali Times about the prospect of high-level visits by Russian leaders to...

Torture systematic in South Asia: ICJ

South Asian states continue to use torture to control and punish dissent, fail to pass laws to criminalise the practice and where...

Girl Gurkhas

Recruitment of women into the British Gurkha Brigade is on hold, but women who trained remain hopeful