News
4 MIN READ
More than 70 lives have already been lost to this past week’s rains with the toll only expected to rise.
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Longreads
Features
34 min read
Chitwan National Park has earned international praise for its conservation successes, but it has also evicted indigeneous communities and upended many local livelihoods.
Perspectives
8 min read
Every winter and spring, Kathmandu goes through episodes of dips in air quality. Poorly designed policies and enforcement mechanisms hinder improvement.
COVID19
Features
4 min read
Misinformation regarding the vaccine’s side-effects is spreading and without a concerted counter campaign, such false information will only proliferate.
Features
5 min read
As millions stay safely home, frontliners like Lapcha rush through the Valley’s empty streets, risking their own lives to save those infected with Covid-19.
Features
12 min read
For the ordinary residents of Nijgadh, the airport has already come—as the fear and uncertainty that now pervade the everyday, of being displaced and dispossessed
Perspectives
10 min read
Fossil fuel-enabled developed nations are now realizing that they are not immune to the impacts of climate change, but the worst effects will be--and are being--felt by poorer countries.
Photo Essays
3 min read
Aging gracefully has little to do with skincare and facelifts; aging with dignity is about honoring your age, your journey, and your being.
Features
5 min read
Lucrative but illegal businesses are sprinkled all over the country