Nepal is not a country of villages anymore
New publication says the rural-urban divide is blurring as the two feed on each other
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A mine of stories from Gurja
This hidden village in the shadow of Mt Dhaulagiri is a microcosm of rural Nepal
Thinking locally, acting locally
Konjyosom Rural Municpality is just 30km south of the Ring Road, but it might as well be the remotest village in the...
Tsering Sumjok is all right
Last November, in the waiting room of a hospital in Bad Kreuznach in Germany, Tsering Sumjok Gurung caught glimpse of a familiar...
Educating girls for climate action
As the UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Girls’ Education, I am lucky enough to meet girls and governments in many different...
Giving all Nepalis a shot at the Covid vaccine
State neglect, international apathy, and the climate crisis magnify vaccine inequity in Nepal
Schools of the Air
For nearly 18 months, regular educational activities of children across Nepal have been disrupted. The closure of schools to reduce the spread of Covid-19...
Nepal’s uneven Covid-19 deaths
The Covid-19 pandemic has now killed more people than the devastating 2015 earthquake. Officially, over 9,700 Nepalis have died due to the...
Portrait of a photographer in rural Nepal
There is a wedding in progress in Jumla’s remote Sinja Valley, and even here guests with smartphones are taking TikTok videos and photos of...
The extraordinary lives of ordinary Nepalis
The Euro 2020 matches are live on television, and many are watching the replays the next morning. But what is really going...
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