Kathmandu, Sept. 30 -- The history of slavery is as old as human civilisation. One explanation was that slaves became necessary when there was an abundance of land, but lack of labour. It was profitab... Read More
Kathmandu, Sept. 29 -- Nepal is still reeling from the short but violent GenZ moment, and the reverberations are being felt around the world. As news from the killings and rampage from Nepal on 8-9 ... Read More
Kathmandu, Aug. 1 -- American artist Peter Makela was in Nepal in 2022 on a Fulbright scholarship when he experienced the Matya festival in Patan in which devotees made the rounds of the city's shrine... Read More
Kathmandu, July 28 -- Described by its founding king 260 years ago as a "yam between two boulders" pressed on both sides by the Chinese Empire and British India, the metaphor has metamorphosed in the ... Read More
Kathmandu, July 14 -- This week at the launch of the National Population Policy launch Prime Minister K P Oli exhorted Nepalis to get married by age 20 and have three babies by the time they are 30. ... Read More