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The sins of our mothers
Arundhati Roy’s memoir is a powerful account of her tumultuous relationship with her birth-giver and birth-place
The war between people
How war alters and defines the paths of innocents
Of crows, and people
A reimagining of Tharu folklore that draws from past and present injustices before wisdom finally prevails
Menstruation is normal, period
Anthology of stories of stigma from around the world by women who overcame discrimination
MASK
Nepali aerospace engineer pens a children’s book that touches on migration, mental health, racism and identity
The Evolution of Empire
Empires are like living organisms, they grow, mature, and die
Feeling at home nowhere and everywhere
Ranjan Adiga’s stories are all about fellow Nepalis and the struggle for identity in their new homes
The Shépa lexicon
Many browsing the shelf of a bookstore or library may see Shépa written in bold all caps on the cover of this book, and misread it as 'Sherpa'…
The role of rituals in royalty
How rituals were used to legitimise Gyanendra’s reign after the palace massacre and in Nepal’s transition to republic
The destroyer of worlds
Relevance of Oppenheimer's biography in the age of global wars and the climate crisis
Nepal cook book
A gastronomic tour of Nepali cuisines
Bedrock of Buddhism
Restoring Itumbaha also saves the Valley’s intangible monastic heritage
Rebuilding better than before
Rohit Ranjitkar’s book is a pictorial documentation of the restoration of Kathmandu’s monuments after the 2015 earthquake
“Ambedkar would have spoken out”
Project Syndicate talks with Shashi Tharoor an MP for the Indian National Congress and the author, most recently, of Ambedkar: A Life
In realms of the senses
We have all been taught in school that human beings communicate through only five senses: touch, taste, sight, smell and hearing. American…
A mine of stories from Gurja
This hidden village in the shadow of Mt Dhaulagiri is a microcosm of rural Nepal
Seriously funny political humour
WHAT'S SO FUNNY: Photograph by Ajaya Joshi of a rally at Khula Manch on page 1 of Nepali Times #295 (28 April-4 May 2006) showing the power of…
It’s sink or swim for the Himalaya
The Himalaya is a hotspot in more ways than one. Climate breakdown is melting its ice at an unprecedented rate, countries that border the…
An archive of one’s own
All Photos: SHIKHAR BHATTARAIWhat does it mean to have a book you can hold in your hands? It can mean having something to read — as simple as…
Change on a Himalayan scale
As the monsoon clouds dissipate, a view from Laurebina of (left to right) Himalchuli, Ngadi Peak and Manaslu in the morning sun. All photos:…
A ray of hope for Nepal
EARLY REFLECTIONS: Takashi Miyahara (above) in 1970 with a Nepali co-worker during the construction of the Hotel Everest View.Takashi Miyahara…
The stone-breaker’s daughter
In 2013, Hima and Maggie Doyne at the spot where the two first met in 2006. All Photos: BLINKNOW FOUNDATIONSix-year-old Hima Tamata used to look…
The climate crisis in fiction and non-fiction
Photos: AMITAV GHOSHBorn in Calcutta, and now a New York-based writer, Amitav Ghosh approaches the subject of the global environmental crisis…
Nepal’s elusive ‘Great Transformation’
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIThis short book, Political Economy of Social Change and Development in Nepal, by Jeevan Sharma, a senior lecturer on South…