How the post-GenZ generation in one of Nepal’s remotest districts sees everyday life
How war alters and defines the paths of innocents
The Maoist war was at its peak, the rebels were attacking one district headquarters after another, people were being disappeared, Nepalis were…
Nepal’s cross-party consensus on transitional justice leaves serious doubts about some provisions and implementation
Two decades after Maoists promised prosperity, this Dalit village in Nepal has been forgotten
Concluding the transitional justice process, climate change and Nepal’s role in UN peacekeeping discussed
Colombian judge’s advice to Nepal: a vengeful system that prioritises punishment post-conflict is counter-productive
All photos: SANTOSH DAHIT/HIMALKHABARAt the peak of the Maoist conflict in 2002, Prem Kumari Pun fled her village in the mountains of Rolpa for…
Two women on opposite sides of Nepal's Maoist insurgency draw on memories of conflict
Takam village (above) in Dhaulagiri Municipality is a model for how federalism should function. Photos: JOY STEPHENSBal Bir Biswakarma from the…
The first popularly elected government led by B P Koirala enacted the Birta Abolition Act in 1959, that required zamindars formerly granted land…
Image from a series by Chinese photographer Guligo Jia’s exhibition of ‘reunions’ of people with family members they lost in the war projected…
Bhakta Bahadur Regmi with Rabin and Rabina in Kathmandu last week speaking about a traumatic tragedy 20 years ago that changed their lives. All…
The then Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and rebel leader 'Prachanda' Pushpa Kamal Dahal signing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRINepal’s political headlines these days are mainly about the rift between K P Oli and Madhav Kumar Nepal that split…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALATwo years ago after going through a bad relationship, a 36-year-old Kathmandu-based doctor started getting suicidal…
A narrow ridge that served as a helipad in Kalikot district back in 2004 when the Maoist War was on its peak. Photo: KUNDA DIXITTwenty-five…
Photo: KANAK MANI DIXIT/TWITTERA mother who is on the 25th day of a hunger strike in Kathmandu demanding justice against the murderers of her…
On the sixth death anniversary of Nanda Prasad Adhikari who was on a hunger strike demanding justice for his murdered son, his widow Ganga Maya…
Uma Bhujel was a Brigade Commissar in the Moaist Party. In this photograph, she poses with fellow fighters after ambushing and killing three…
14 years and 11 prime ministers later Text and photographs by Bikkil SthapitMany of the over 1,300 people still listed as missing after the…
Illustration: SUBHAS RAI“What do people mean by poor governance,” asked Crown Prince Dipendra. “Are they fed up with corruption? Is it that they…
Whether you see the glass as half empty or half full, it is time to take action and move ahead
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIPolitics is supposed to be a mechanism through which the most competent leaders are selected to manage a nation…
