Turning a shrine into a temple of learning
On 25 April 2015, when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, aside from lives lost and homes destroyed, there was great damage...
2015-earthquake
Five years after avalanche, Langtang is locked down
Minutes before noon on 25 April 2015, the earth rattled and shook. But then another thunderous sound approached from above. A whole...
Born again after the earthquake
I cannot believe that it has been five years since I lay in that darkness, underneath eight floors of a hotel in Gongabu, my legs...
Will politicians pass the COVID-19 test?
Just like the 2015 earthquake, COVID-19 is an exam for leaders to prove their worth
Rebuilding five years after 2015 quake
On 15 March, a 5 magnitude earthquake struck Lumle near Pokhara. The National Seismological Centre said this was not the usual aftershock...
Thimi’s urban tissue
In this impressively detailed and visually arresting study, Mohan Pant makes a convincing scholarly case for why social and cultural traditions should...
Houseful
Kathmandu is bursting at the seams, there is almost no room left to move. A lesson from the 2015 earthquake was that...
Nepal is being loved to death
Four years after the earthquake, we Nepalis have got really good at playing victim
Nepal’s milk heartland rebounds
Four years later, Kavre’s quake-affected dairy farmers are back in business with new fodder cultivation
Our past is our future
Communities in Kathmandu Valley’s historic towns have revived age-old traditions and craftsmanship to rebuild after every earthquake in the past. The disasters...
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