Kathmandu, June 7 -- On Saturday morning, filmmaker Prasuna Dongol posted a heartfelt status on Facebook, describing her experience attending a film pitch programme in Kathmandu. She reported what she... Read More
Kathmandu, May 31 -- Dil Kumari BK, a resident of Madi Municipality's ward 3, had watched enough of her community's men leave for foreign employment to know that if Dalit women in Gulmeli Tole were go... Read More
Kathmandu, May 24 -- When Resham Neupane came across the news, they couldn't believe it. A photo of the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen's new name-explicitly including the words 'Gender... Read More
Kathmandu, May 20 -- When Padma was 22, she was diagnosed with cancer. What followed were three brutal cycles of chemotherapy-each necessary, each taking something from her. Doctors warned that the ra... Read More
Kathmandu, May 9 -- When the Nepal government announced a two-day weekend on April 5, it had one primary goal: save fuel. Whether it is actually working is a different question altogether. According t... Read More
Kathmandu, May 8 -- The rain had been falling on and off all afternoon over the Balkhu riverbank. What remained of the settlement-broken walls, scattered debris, patches of open ground where homes had... Read More
Kathmandu, May 1 -- There is a particular cruelty in being promised something, watching it be written into law, and then being told, not through any official announcement, but through silence, unretur... Read More
Kathmandu, May 1 -- When Shekhar Dhakal's daughter Pihu was two years old, she was diagnosed with autism. He enrolled her in a nearby school, but the staff struggled to manage her behaviour. She felt ... Read More
Kathmandu, April 27 -- The streets outside the Ncell data centre in Nakhhu, ward 4 of Lalitpur Metropolitan City, are not the kind you linger in. Dust coats everything - your clothes, your face, your ... Read More
Kathmandu, April 24 -- On a weekday afternoon in Koteshwar, 11-year-old Aayan Bikram sits near the window of his family's flat, watching the street below. His cricket bat leans against the wall. His f... Read More