This article by Pinki Sris Rana was originally published in Nepali Times, and an edited version has been republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Brave khukuri-swinging ...

‘Tamar river in Tom’s book, is it the same as Tamor River?’ I texted my editor. ‘Yes, the Limbu pronounce it Tamar,’ he wrote back. ‘You have a lot of catching up to do!’ And I did. The fact revealed ...

The Taleju Temple of Patan with the Mulchok courtyard in 2019. Photo: NHDP. Seven years ago, on a particularly gloomy Saturday, the ground groaned as an earthquake shook Central Nepal, flattening ...

Name this country: it has a mountain twice as tall as any of this state’s 14ers; it’s the only nation with a flag that’s not rectangular, and it has a population in Colorado almost 7,000 strong. In ...

Bhupeen is a prominent Nepali poet, essayist, and novelist known for his powerful contributions to contemporary Nepali literature. He has published three collections of poems, a collection of essays, ...

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