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We are all downstream now

Nepal, Aug. 28 -- The news arrived the way water does: quietly at first, then in a roaring torrent. It was 9AM, and I had just woken up, still groggy and reaching for my phone, when the first video a... Read More


Central Nepal flood, the day after

Nepal, Aug. 27 -- Mt Langtang Lirung, the majestic mountain that towers 7,245m and is located 45km directly north of Kathmandu, has a tragic history. A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake in April 2015 ... Read More


Nepal's rice fields can also earn carbon credits

Nepal, Aug. 25 -- A simple change in traditional irrigation methods could cut methane emission, save water, and create a new source of carbon credits for rural economies in Nepal. But making it work w... Read More


Bringing 'Silicon Peaks' to Nepal.

Nepal, Aug. 24 -- Pukar Hamal looks out onto the Bay from large windows of his company's headquarters on the 37th floor of the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco, and considers how far he has come from... Read More


Bringing 'Silicon Peaks' to Nepal

Nepal, Aug. 24 -- Pukar Hamal looks out onto the Bay from large windows of his company's headquarters on the 37th floor of the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco and considers how far he has come from ... Read More


Nepal is moving to decriminalise cannabis

Nepal, Aug. 22 -- Last week, Gandaki Province Chief Dilliraj Bhatt pushed a law to allow regulated cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes. This provincial legislation is the fi... Read More


The Gorkhalis of Bangladesh

Nepal, Aug. 21 -- In the hill town of Rangamati in eastern Bangladesh, in the neighbourhood of Contractor Para along Jail Road lives Manoj Bahadur Gurkha, a cultural activist and musician who was born... Read More


Never-Ending Peace And Love (NEPAL)

Nepal, Aug. 20 -- Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal launched an armed struggle in which 17,000 people were killed, many of them civilians accused of being class enemies. The kin of many of those killed... Read More


I-witness

Nepal, Aug. 19 -- Min Ratna Bajracharya is one of Nepal's leading news photographers, but was introduced to the craft by chance. Visiting Australia in 1985 at age 19, a friend gifted him a camera. Hi... Read More


Blissful conjugal life is an art

Nepal, Aug. 18 -- Sri Lankan husband-and-wife artists Manoranjana Herath Bandara and Nilanthi Dilini Perera do not just paint together, they complement each other's themes, colours, and emotional freq... Read More