September 2019
Opinion
Smarter Nepalis with smarter devices
Illustration: SUBHAS RAI ill only two centuries ago almost every human being lived and worked from home. The industrial revolution […]
September 16, 2019
Opinion
Let’s listen to Nepal’s young changemakers
here has been a dramatic shift in the way young Nepalis think and generate ideas to bring about social change. […]
September 5, 2019
August 2019
Opinion
Nepal by night
Photo: GOPEN RAI any visitors to Nepal complain that there is not much to do after dark besides go to […]
August 19, 2019
Opinion
Look what’s cooking in Nepal
Russian Mi-17 helicopters fly in LPG cylinders to Syangboche from Phaplu. Photo courtesy: ADAM STERN he import of LPG cylinders […]
August 6, 2019
July 2019
Opinion
Nepal must keep water on its land
Lagankhel in the mid 1920s from on top of the Ashoka South Stupa. The road in the foreground goes to […]
July 23, 2019
Opinion
Nepal’s fatalistic ‘ke garne’ culture
Credits: Daman Rai/Republica and Basanta Pratap Singh/Kantipur bulldozer ploughs through a rice terrace being readied for paddy planting for a […]
July 8, 2019
June 2019
Opinion
Kathmandu fixing what ain’t broke
A scene from the protest against the Guthi Bill in Maitighar. Photo: BIKRAM RAI he Nepal government, which has done […]
June 21, 2019
Opinion
Firing up Nepal’s democracy
Pic: BIKRAM RAI epal’s Parliament has just voted to gift each of its members Rs60 million to ‘do development’ in […]
June 14, 2019
May 2019
Opinion
How to clean up Kathmandu’s air
Pic: BIKRAM RAI he least we expected from this new federal republic with its elected governments at three levels and […]
May 31, 2019
Opinion
Dozers and Nepal’s development
One of the most prominent changes we see while travelling across Nepal these days is the presence of earth movers, […]
May 16, 2019