Chanaute after the flood on the Melamchi River in 2021. All photos: RAJU PANDIT CHHETRIOn 15 June, the Melamchi River north of Kathmandu saw a…
It was a hazy winter afternoon when without warning at exactly 1PM, soldiers appeared on the streets of Kathmandu. Singha Darbar was cordoned…
After weeks of bitter infighting within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP), the three feuding factions have now agreed on a ceasefire and…
There is an old Hungarian proverb: ‘If you are among thieves, and you keep quiet, that makes you a thief as well.’The saying does not hold much…
Nothing unites Nepalis more than a dispute with India. So, when India issued its new official map this month putting the east bank of the Kali…
Increase in inter-ethnic marriages blurs cultural distinctions, complicating job quotas
KP Oli is Nepal’s strongest prime minister since the Ranas, yet as he marks his first year in office on Friday why does he appear so…
Jana Aastha, 30 JanuaryVenezuela’s political crisis has divided world opinion into two distinct categories. The opposition has the backing of…
Madhav Basnet in Nepal, 14 SeptemberIn the four months since the NCP formed the government, its co-chair Prachanda (Pushpa Kamal Dahal) has only…
A traffic policeman goes live on Facebook from the balcony of his Kathmandu home from where the snowy mountains used to be visible. He cannot…
