Monika Deupala

Village of the climbers

Only elderly farmers are left in a deserted Himalayan hamlet of Sherpa mountaineers

Taking the high line

Roadies-winner Saman Shrestha launches slacklining as a new adventure sport in Nepal

High on swings

Dasain pings make a comeback following the pandemic

Portrait of a photographer in rural Nepal

All photos: MONIKA DEUPALAThere is a wedding in progress in Jumla’s remote Sinja Valley, and even here guests with smartphones are taking TikTok…

Miracle Boy, six years after Nepal quake

Baby survived being buried under the rubble for 22 hours, but his family still struggles to cope

Himalayan red rice is red hot

Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAJumla’s marsi red rice earned some notoriety in 2018 after a photograph went viral on social media of Prime Minister K P…

Holding up the whole sky in Jumla

Of the more than 753 municipalities in Nepal, most are led by men and the deputy is required by law to be a woman. Jumla is one of only two…

The fabric of democracy

https://youtu.be/NNqXnexJxfUOne sure sign that Nepal’s politics is once more heating up can be discerned these days at the workshop of Mihtila…

From one emergency to another

The volunteer group RNA16 shot into the limelight in May 2020 after it handled the first coronavirus death in Nepal at a time when there was…

Long live tradition

All photos: MONIKA DEUPALATraditionally, the average lifespan of a Nepali used to be 40-45. Child mortality rate was high, and very few people…

Take to pottery during the pandemic

Ceramics classes allow Bhaktapur potters to keep family heritage alive, while giving people a chance to destress

Karate Travellers in Kathmandu

Stuck in Nepal’s lockdown, transcontinental martial arts duo decide to make the best of it

A new class structure

Kavre school is rebuilt using rammed earth walls to make classrooms stronger and more climate-friendly

Shooting a lockdown

Silent Valley

Yomari Punhi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGvvnK0tsQ&feature=youtu.beA popular Newari festival observed every year during the December full moon, Yomari…

Kukur Biralo Tihar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSdkCxu9PkoRead also:Creatures of cultureIn an Animal Farm, EditorialA dog with altitude, Sonam Choekyi LamaAll…

A vision for vocations

Visionary Nepali sets up a training centre offering Nepal’s earthquake-affected an alternative to migration

Making Nepal accessible to all

The country is making a start in inclusive adventure tourism with disabled-friendly trekking and other facilities

Individual tragedies, and a national loss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GSZsvnFfNA&feature=youtu.beWith her white coat and a stethoscope slung around her neck, Samira Byanjankar was…

The ABCs of a winter trek in Nepal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcaWYJSU5y4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2Qnf8iXarhb9omsTAfo3FB-fITc8Z9i8Snve1T9mfrPCF29p5KMvgUgEver since…

Kathmandu’s Ranjana renaissance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtFNPi-Yt_cOver the Tihar festival this month, while most people were busy worshipping crows, dogs and cows, an…

Bhaktapur’s potters adapt to survive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fToB9yl5T44Tihar is right around the corner, but the festival of lights is not going to be a holiday for the…

Feminist prints

Photo: CHEMI DORJEThis year’s Photo Kathmandu has a unique multi-chapter exhibition titled The Public Life of Women: A Feminist Memory Project…