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Of anger and love

Mothers and daughters are each other, without ever wanting to be.

Pratibha Tuladhar

N A R Ì by Mukti Singh Thapa

A skilful but blunt depiction of Nepali society on canvas

Rajan Sakya

Returning to Nepal has its rewards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDzDf8n-eSYKarvika Thapa was living the American dream in Boston with a promising career in the Information Technology sector. But after 14 years...

No Speaker, no Parliament in Nepal

An ongoing impasse over the Speaker at the House of Representatives has once more brought to the fore the power struggle within...

Nibha Shah: Nepali poetry’s mansara

Born in 1971 into an aristocratic Rana-Shah family in Kathmandu, Nibha Shah spent most of her early childhood in Kailali, and later...

Muna Gurung

Continuum

Artist Sunita Rana’s imaginary locations transfer the viewer to a dream world: ethereal light shines through trees with red, yellow and pink...

Wider world for women

Until she was 48, Eka Kumari Karki had never travelled alone. Then she heard of a unique project that is trying to...

Factory of Questions: Sarita Tiwari

Born in 1980 in Pokhara, Sarita Tiwari is no new name in the Nepali literary scene. She’s been writing diligently for over...

Muna Gurung

Daughter's rape drives father to insanity

Nepal was shocked by the rape and murder of Nirmala Panta in Kanchanpur on 26 July, but with the crime unsolved and...

Perpetuating patriarchy in Nepal

There is growing public outrage about the recent rise in reported rape cases across the country. The victims of these appalling crimes can...