Anita Bhetwal
Articles by Anita Bhetwal
Guerrilla-turned-Member of Parliament
Urmila Majhi wants her former commander, now prime minister, to work for the people for a change
Earthquake vacates villages in Nepal
All Photos: DHANBAHADUR THAPAAlmost every household in western Nepal has a family member working in India, and the 6.6 magnitude earthquake that…
Dejected voters reject polls
Chinimaya lama with her two children. All photos: ANITA BHETWALChinimaya Lama, 30, cannot walk up the slope to fetch water for her livestock.…
Sisters carry on slain brother’s fight
Sangam and Laxmi Mahato, sisters of Dilip Mahato, who was killed by the sand mafia three years ago for protesting their mining operation.…
Baby on her back, Dalit mother on campaign trail
Mina Biswakarma is going door to door campaigning for chair of Raghuganga Rural Municipality with her 3-year-old son strapped to her back. When…
How art empowers Nepal’s women
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAManjula Thakur was married at age 12. By the time she was 20, she had three children. At 32, she still did not know…
Nepal’s precious electricity going waste
Photo: KUNDA DIXITWhile almost 10% of the Nepali population continues to live without power, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has begun to…
Nepal’s ‘missing girls’
Photo: KATE HOLT/IRINThe spread of ultrasound clinics to detect the sex of babies is leading to a slaughter of daughters in Nepal, sharply…
I’m down, but not out
In early April, the coronavirus cases were at an all-time low and we were reporting from Janakpur, and the surrounding border region for two…
We knew the tsunami was approaching
Photos: AMIT MACHAMASIA month ago, Nepal was reporting an average of only 300 Covid-19 cases daily, and the number of deaths was zero for…
Nepal’s other pandemic: road fatalities
More people die on Nepal's highways every year than in all natural disasters combined