June 2020
Opinion
WHO and US
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRI S President Donald Trump has pulled his country out of the World Health Organisation (WHO) citing its […]
June 6, 2020
April 2020
Opinion
Helping the helpless during lockdown
Workers at Kavach who usually produce motorcycle clothing prepare personal protective gears as part of their COVID-19 fundraising. Photo: KAVACH […]
April 24, 2020
Opinion
Shape up the lockdown
Photo: MARTY LOGAN hina and India, it is reported, are willing to provide medical equipment and medicine to Nepal. Surely, […]
April 17, 2020
Opinion
Newborn deaths and a vision for a post-pandemic Nepal
Photos: MARTY LOGAN ccording to a recent journal article, it will be 2067 before newborn deaths among the poorest Nepalis […]
April 4, 2020
March 2020
Opinion
Nepal locked down, now what?
Empty air space over Nepal after nationwide lockdown and ban on all international and domestic flights goes into effect. Photo: […]
March 24, 2020
Opinion
Covid-19, Nepal and the hygiene hypothesis
Historical sites like Kathmandu Darbar Square looked deserted as Nepalis chose to stay indoors amidst COVID-19 pandemic scare. Photo: ALISHA […]
March 22, 2020
January 2020
Somewhere Else
Tipping point on menstrual banishment in Nepal
t is easy to be cynical about recent reports of actions taken to end chhaupadi, the traditional practice in parts of […]
January 14, 2020
December 2019
Somewhere Else
Mt Everest is melting : Are you moved?
Photo : KUNDA DIXIT ount Everest has always held mythical status for me, like the Great Wall of China and […]
December 20, 2019
November 2019
Somewhere Else
Think locally, act locally
Police fire water cannons at people of Khokana protesting against the road-expansion drive in Kathmandu onsider these events: In May, […]
November 27, 2019
June 2019
Somewhere Else
Do not fail students in WASH
No Privacy Photo taken by Sushma, 15, from Sindhuli, in a WaterAid UK participatory project She said: “This is the […]
June 7, 2019