Image courtesy of Sydney Allen via Canva/GLOBAL VOICESThis story by Juke Carolina originally appeared on Global Voices on 19 December, 2022.When…
The BBC included Sapana Roka Magar, an 18-year-old voluntary crematorium worker from Nepal, in its 100 Women of 2020, a yearly list of inspiring…
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIPrime Minister K P Oli spent 14 years in jail for opposing the Panchayat absolute monarchy. He was one of the main…
Illustration: SUBHAS RAINepal’s ruling unified Marxist-Leninist-Maoists have in the past year incrementally constricted freedom of expression,…
Photo: ERICK KABENDERA/IPSUsing armies of online fans, trolls and, automated ‘bots’, the world’s authoritarians and populists are increasingly…
The surest sign that Nepal has already become an online society is the spreading practice of ‘digital detox’, where addicted users completely…
Nepalis are now increasingly in control of the media content they consume thanks to the proliferation of mobile devices, better internet…
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAJust after waking, the first thing many people across the world, and increasingly in Nepal, do is pick up their mobile…
Source: SHARECAST INITIATIVE NEPALThere was a time until recently when we wrote editorials in this space about how the global digital divide was…
Photo: PROJECT SYNDICATE AFPNEW DELHI – What role has social media played in India’s election?Conventional wisdom had it that, in the Indian…
Pic: MONIKA DEUPALAWith 91% of individuals now owning at least one mobile device and almost half of them smartphones, the number of Nepalis…
Bhanu BhattaraiFreedom of expression is enshrined in Nepal’s 2015 constitution, and the K P Oli government has repeatedly assured the public…
UNDERPASS: It looks like you forgot that there is now a new law that forbids disclosure of the private information of public officials.…
