Photo Essays
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For the people living besides the Bagmati in Teku, every year the monsoon brings much devastation. And as local authorities do little to help, residents have no one to turn to but themselves.
Deewash Shrestha Deewash Shrestha is a student of Media Studies and a freelancer He can be reached via email: deewash.shrestha@yahoo.com
Features
7 min read
Amid a proliferation of cheap, fast fashion clothing, young Nepalis are turning to conscious clothing and shopping for second-hand apparel.
Features
10 min read
Reservoir-type hydropower projects might generate much-needed electricity for Nepal but they also come at significant environmental, ecological, and social costs.
Features
6 min read
An average of 100 animals die every year from unnatural causes around Nepal’s national parks, primarily due to unplanned construction of infrastructure.
Week in Politics
4 min read
Week in politics: what happened, what does it mean, why does it matter?
Perspectives
7 min read
While there is much to appreciate in Gates’ new book on climatechange, he fails to unpack the political complexities of the climate crisis
Perspectives
10 min read
We cannot protect ourselves if we don't protect others. And the time to act is now.
Perspectives
5 min read
Bagmati’s wastewater is perhaps the largest biological threat to public health in Kathmandu and as Covid-19 has shown, threats to public health affect everyone.
News
5 min read
The Supreme Court’s decision is not just a win for the legal team but also for environmental activists who have been tirelessly campaigning against the construction of the airport for years.