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Grand split in Nepal's grand old party

India, Jan. 15 -- But the Nepali Congress factions may still decide that breaking up is hard to do so close to polls At the stroke of the midnight hour, it finally came to something everyone in Nepal'... Read More


Old vs new

Nepal, Jan. 2 -- The UML-NC-NCP legacy parties face a formidable challenge from the alternative BRK alliance in March The BRK (Balen-Rabi-Kulman) merger this week signified a generational shift in pol... Read More


The sins of our mothers

Nepal, Dec. 22 -- Arundhati Roy's memoir is a powerful account of her tumultuous relationship with her birth-giver and birth-place 'Get out of my house.' 'All my sickness is because of you.' 'You'r... Read More


A new normal

Kathmandu, Dec. 5 -- Shantanu Dhakal wakes up to a cold misty dawn, dons his college uniform and fastens his tie, tightening it carefully so as not to dislodge the tracheostomy tube protruding from hi... Read More


The beekeeper of Surkhet

Kathmandu, Nov. 25 -- As a young girl, Jaysara Baral remembers trying to gently catch bumblebees buzzing around flowers at springtime, curious to know what they would feel like in the palm of her hand... Read More


Future imperfect

Nepal, Oct. 31 -- With the holidays over and elections only four months away, Nepal's interim government led by Prime Minister Sushila Karki is trying to get down to brass tacks. But it is not easy. ... Read More