Nepal’s LGBTQIA+ Strides: Progress, Pride, and the Road Ahead
On every second Saturday of June, the streets of Kathmandu burst with colours and an evident sense of joy as...
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The Kami Community: Blacksmithing in the Crucible of Caste and Change
Stories of our ancestors using khukuris to combat the enemy's rifles are common in our histories. However, along the way,...
Enter Ashim Shakya’s pixelated Nepal
Imagine stepping into a digital village where fire-spitting demons lurk behind pixelated trees. Or, a Lakhe hides in the shadows,...
Keepers of an Ancient Call: The Pheriwala Jogis
The Pheriwala Jogis were ghostbusters in Nepal, Sikkim, and Darjeeling, India, long before jump scares were a thing in horror...
From Holy to Wholly Polluted: The Tale of Bagmati River
The 204-kilometre-long river, flowing through Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park, stretches through eight districts. Revered as the link between heaven and earth,...
Bhoto Jatra: The Sacred Vest that Waits
After transforming the alleys of Lalitpur, the Rato Machindranath festival ends with the chariot festival of Bhoto Jatra as the...
Nepali Migrant Workers: The Cost of Lost Dreams
Nepali migrant workers leave behind family and community to endure unimaginable hardships abroad. The statistics overshadow their sacrifices, revealing the...
Rethinking Nepal’s medical pluralism
As children, the moment one of us had a cold or a sniffle, our mothers would run to grab Tulsi...
The valley unveils purple hues every spring
Amidst the bloom of spring, the striking purple flowers of the Jacaranda, also known as Hawaiian Mimosa, transform the urban...
Trailblazing women who conquered Everest
For a country that worships goddesses, Nepal holds a strange contradiction. While women are celebrated in temples, many still face...