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The reading compass

A look back at Nepali Times' 2023 reads

The climate crisis in fiction and non-fiction

Born in Calcutta, and now a New York-based writer, Amitav Ghosh approaches the subject of the global environmental crisis through two literary genres: fiction...

Kunda Dixit

Cataloguing Nepal's idols to stop theft

Ulrich von Schroeder first came to Nepal as a student of architecture in the summer of 1965 aged 22, backpacking overland from...

Cataloguing Nepal's idols to stop theft

Ulrich von Schroeder first came to Nepal as a student of architecture in the summer of 1965 aged 22, backpacking overland from...

Sonia Awale

Niranjan Kunwar: Queering the story

When Niranjan Kunwar talks about Bollywood, his body language shifts: he sits tall, his face brightens up, his hands flit about in...

Muna Gurung

20 Reviews in 20 Years

In 999 issues the Nepali Times has reviewed hundreds of books, from political thrillers on the Maoist conflict to novels and travelogues....

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