The soldiers' fight against the Maobaadi since the Nepali Emergency was put in place six months ago has delivered an unacceptable volume of human 'collateral damage'. The
For sure, women are exploited, overworked and underappreciated in Nepal, as perhaps everywhere. But in one instance at least, women have the freedom to flaunt their intellect in public and
"We have the same kind of blood" & "Why dalit?"
Danida (HUGOU), MS-Nepal and Berit Madsen,2001 (PAL)
Despite their shortcomings, these two films deserve attention
Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park is home to wild tigers, domesticated elephants and an abundance of the Indian One Horned Rhinoceros. Occasionally, it needs to unload rhinos on
Only ten years ago, Nepal was a country full of hope for its future. How have things gone so horribly wrong?
To understand today's tormented Nepal – from the
The Boundary between Nepal and India is nothing more than a brick and lime masonry structure built during the days of the Empire. Its 'Das Gaja' of no-man&
From politicians to policy-makers and intellectuals to bureaucrats in Nepal, the news of Enron's arrival could not have come at a better time. In 1995 the World Bank,
South Asia's blurred cultural boundaries are being given sharp edges with frontiers full of patrolling soldiers, the raising of border security forces, and even barbed barricades and floodlights.
Quiz: What is CCOMPOSA? Led by Nepal's Maobaadi, violent communism is picking up steam in South Asia even as it disappears from the rest of the world, and