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The reading compass
A look back at Nepali Times' 2023 reads
10 books for Tihar
Here are the recent 10 books selected by the Nepali Times team for your Tihar reading. From heritage restoration and preservation to exploring…
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…
Our pick of Nepali books to read over Dasain
Yogmaya by Neelam Karki Niharika Neelam Karki Niharika's 2018 Madan Puraskar-winning Yogmaya is a compelling historical fiction on women's…
No time like the past
All photos: SUMAN NEPALIThe past often feels like a foreign country, as British author LP Hartley once famously wrote, because ‘they do things…
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:…
Taking Nepali literature to the world
A character in Buddhisagar’s bestselling 2010 novel कर्नाली ब्लुज (Karnali Blues) has the habit of adding “हजुरको” (‘hajurko’) at the end of his…
Pandemic revives reading culture in Nepal
Photo: AMERICAN LANGUAGE CENTREContrary to industry projections, paper book sales during the pandemic in Nepal have seen healthy growth after an…
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…
Love of books goes online
Photo: JEEYA SHRESTHA (@merakireads)/INSTAGRAMIn May 2020, in the middle of the first lockdown in Nepal, Jeeya Shrestha discovered Bookstagram,…
The monsoon, and nature’s arithmetic
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIRudyard Kipling's 1893 short story ‘The Bridge Builders’ surprised me. It is not about how noble British men brought…
The monsoon, and nature’s arithmetic
Photo: AMIT MACHAMASIRudyard Kipling's 1893 short story ‘The Bridge Builders’ surprised me. It is not about how noble British men brought…
14 books to read, gift, love this Valentine’s
In the middle of love stories, I pause to sigh and wonder. How different these people are from me, yet how well I understand their feelings.…
Nepal goes online shopping in 2020
Actress Shilpa Maskey in Maya Handicrafts Jewelry's Asarfi mala necklace and Former Miss Nepal Shrinkhala Khatiwada promoting her own line of…
Nepal goes online shopping in 2020
Actress Shilpa Maskey in Maya Handicrafts Jewelry's Asarfi mala necklace and Former Miss Nepal Shrinkhala Khatiwada promoting her own line of…
Staying neutral in a US-China confrontation
Interview by Project Syndicate with Kishore Mahbubani, a former Singaporean diplomat and now distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute…
Staying neutral in a US-China confrontation
Interview by Project Syndicate with Kishore Mahbubani, a former Singaporean diplomat and now distinguished fellow at the Asia Research Institute…
When will Nepal’s future ever arrive?
Illustration: SUBHAS RAI“What do people mean by poor governance,” asked Crown Prince Dipendra. “Are they fed up with corruption? Is it that they…
Why Nepal is stuck
Illustration by Subhas Rai in Nepali Times #51 of 13-19 July 2001. As a former broadcast journalist and ex-employee of the World Bank’s Nepal…
Nepal taxes not just electric cars, but also books
Finance Minister Yubaraj Khatiwada came under a lot of flak in this year’s budget for what many said was his short-sighted decision to impose a…
20 Reviews in 20 Years
In 999 issues the Nepali Times has reviewed hundreds of books, from political thrillers on the Maoist conflict to novels and travelogues.…
The power of reading aloud
Photos: RATO BANGALA KITABInstilling a habit of reading in children supplements what they learn in school, but reading aloud to children by…
This author is an alien
https://youtu.be/oE6519sUXdEInspired by Dr Suess, The Mushroom Planet series, Dr Doolittle, C S Lewis, Tolkien, myths, legends, science fiction…
Nepal (and international) Literature Festival
Photo: NEPAL LITERATURE FESTIVALThe Nepal Literature Festival (NLF) has expanded in scope and content since it started eight years ago, and the…