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Letter to my kindergarten daughter
Photo: T P MishraDear छोरी, Congratulations on starting a long and exciting journey by beginning kindergarten today. It was lovely to see you so…
The right climate for Joe Biden
When it comes to international environmental diplomacy, America has a chequered past. It stood at the forefront of the international battle to…
The right climate for Joe Biden
When it comes to international environmental diplomacy, America has a chequered past. It stood at the forefront of the international battle to…
Nepalis hopeful about Biden presidency
All photos: PRITI THAPAMany Nepalis based in the US and elsewhere closely followed the US election results. It was key concern because of what…
Nepali diaspora hit by Covid surge
Countries with the highest numbers of Covid-19 cases, with ones where total cases rose last week (in red) and fell (in blue). Data: Johns…
Good man and woman won
Outside my window this Saturday morning, the Seattle sky is a typical November grey. But it is such a momentous day of brightness in hope. For…
‘Once upon a time there was an America…’
In the last few months we have witnessed the continued unraveling of the United States. Many might attribute the dismantling of what once was…
10,000 tourists stuck in Nepal being evacuated
A Buddha Air ferry flight headed to Pokhara on Thursday afternoon over a completely empty air space over Nepal.A meeting of the COVID-19 control…
The India, US, Nepal, China quadrangle
Nepal’s Communist Party leaders must take note of two events that unfolded in India this week: the roaring welcome to US President Donald Trump…
Ex-refugee takes refuge in music
Photo : GOPAL GADTAULAManoj Rai was a 17-year-old student in a school in Tashigang, Bhutan in 1990, when soldiers arrived at his dorm and took…
Prabal Gurung by Prabal Gurung
Singapore-born Nepali American designer Prabal Gurung has brought out a pictorial autobiography of his life and career in a hefty coffee table…
The superfoods of the Andes and the Himalaya
Amaranth cultivation in Jumla district in NepalPhotos: LI-BIRDThe nutritious grain that mountain peoples of the Americas and high Asia…
African Americans in Cold War Nepal
George Brooks inspecting vegetable farm in the early 1950s. Photo: US NATIONAL ARCHIVESRace formed a contentious part of the early Cold War in…
Hitching our wagon
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIVenezuela is in the news worldwide for US-backed attempts to bring down the Nicolas Maduro government, but it is…
A YAM BETWEEN 3 BOULDERS
Nothing has exposed the ideological chasm between the ex-UML and ex-Maoist components of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) more than the…
Communist internationalism
Jana Aastha, 30 JanuaryVenezuela’s political crisis has divided world opinion into two distinct categories. The opposition has the backing of…
Trump’s diminishing power and rising rage
NEW YORK – The drama of Donald Trump’s presidency has centered around whether an extremist president would be able to carry out an extremist…
Fire in the belly
https://youtu.be/o86akJuUBR8Industrial fire today in Chabahil saw locals using their bare hands to fill buckets with muddy water. It took 27…
Between two oceans
There was a time when Nepal just had to worry about balancing its giant northern and southern neighbours, but the world is now multi-polar and…
Live together, work together
Nepali speaking Bhutanese working at sportswear factory Under Armour in Maryland take a break.After two decades of living in bamboo sheds in…