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Asma BK hits the ground running.

Kathmandu, June 25 -- Asma BK has been running all her life: she ran away from her home in Rolpa at age 13, became a child worker in a brick kiln in Kathmandu, ran from job to job. Rescued by a child ... Read More


Song of work and freedom.

Kathmandu, June 24 -- This is the 68th episode of Diaspora Diaries, a Nepali Times series in collaboration with Migration Lab providing a platform to share experiences of living, working and studying ... Read More


Sherpaland, CO, USA

Kathmandu, June 23 -- Even as Mt Everest Day was marked in Nepal on 29 May, on the other side of the planet in the US state of Colorado, dozens of Nepalis who have climbed the world's highest peak mul... Read More


Blatten, Langtang, and Disasters Yet to Come?

Kathmandu, June 22 -- On the afternoon of 28 May, a massive glacier avalanche destroyed the idyllic village of Blatten in the Valais region of Switzerland. Footage of the disaster rapidly circulated a... Read More


From the outside looking in

Nepal, June 22 -- Georgia O'Keefe, a foundational modernist painter most known for her floral and landscape paintings once said: "One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt." O'Keefe... Read More


Remembering not to forget war crimes

Kathmandu, June 21 -- The Supreme Court order last week to press criminal investigation against former House Speaker Agni Sapkota for his alleged involvement in abduction and murder of Arjun Bahadur L... Read More


A million mantras in Mustang

Kathmandu, June 20 -- Every year in the first month of the Tibetan calendar, devotees observe the ritual of Lo Monlam Chenmo within the holy month of Saga Dawa to mark the birth, enlightenment, and pa... Read More


Priceless paubha in Paris

Kathmandu, June 19 -- That winter day in January 1664 marked an exceptional event in the reign of King Pratap Malla of Kathmandu. It was 15 Paush 784 of the Nepal Sambat and for the first time, a hist... Read More


Nepal needs to be more intelligent about AI

Kathmandu, June 18 -- AI is like a tiger, will it eat us up or can we ride it? The Cassandras say that it will make humans obsolete, while the Polyannas say what's wrong with that if it saves people f... Read More


Music without borders

Kathmandu, June 17 -- Nepal's top maestro mixed the traditional sounds of Nepal with world music at the Culture in Sync concert at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday to bring a message of peace and he... Read More