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Essays on self-realisation and self-healing

Essays on self-realisation and self-healing

Paediatrician Nawaraj KC's new book deals with people of the Karnali who have overcome life's obstacles

Karmarong in Karmarong

Karmarong in Karmarong

Talented artist from Mugu weaves the story of his people into unique thangka paintings

The Karnali’s hunger emergency

The Karnali’s hunger emergency

The government’s fortified flour scheme is not a long term solution to the region's chronic food insecurity

Tara Pariyar’s Karnali

Tara Pariyar’s Karnali

One single mother’s struggle against stigma and poverty to support her family and community

Karnali’s Covid blues

Karnali’s Covid blues

All photos and infographics courtesy of: MERCY CORPSThe news of Covid infections in Karnali do not readily reach the capital. But remote…

Now, a ‘Digital Karnali’

Now, a ‘Digital Karnali’

Karnali River in Humla, one of Nepal's remotest districts which lacks both road and internet connectivity. Photos: NABIN BARALThe Karnali Basin…

In Nepal women hold up more than half the sky

In Nepal women hold up more than half the sky

Photos: ACHYUT RAJ BHANDARI- Achyut Raj BhandariWomen may be treated unfairly by society in one of Nepal’s most conservative districts, but it…

Art and photography

Art and photography

On the ground floor were photos from the Karnali corridor by Nabin Baral and Ramesh Bhushal, the result of a 44-day journey from the origins of…

A Karnali portrait

A Karnali portrait

The Karnali River is older than the Himalaya, having cut its path over millions of years as the mountains rose. This phenomenon has created many…

Dancing with the river

Dancing with the river

Women and children displaced by flood seek shelter in Jogapurwa village of Bahraich district, Uttar Pradesh in India. Photo: NABIN BARALParash…

Climate denial in the Himalaya

Climate denial in the Himalaya

Gurla Mandhata mountain (7,700 metres) south of Mount Kailsh. Locals in Tibet say that mountains are getting less snow in recent years. Photo:…

Dams and dreams a journey down the Karnali

Dams and dreams a journey down the Karnali

Dam site of Upper Karnali hydropower (900 MW) in Daab in Dailekh district. Indian company GMR is in final stage to start construction of the…

Faith to reality

Faith to reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ9Za5QDkvY&feature=youtu.beIntroduction:Mount Kailash in southwestern Tibet is the source of some of the…

Seti's gorgeous gorges

Seti's gorgeous gorges

The West Seti Gorge on the traditional trade and pilgrimage route to Tibet is so scenic, it should be preserved as a World Heritage Site.…

No Dasain in Kalikot

No Dasain in Kalikot

Photo: Seetashma ThapaMore than 200 women have gathered outside the district hospital in Manma, the main town in one of Nepal’s most underserved…

Life and livelihood in remote Nepal

Life and livelihood in remote Nepal

A villager in Maspur, Humla weaves a doko basket from strips of bamboo.“Jai grihasthi” is a greeting heard often in the Far West and Karnali…

The wellbeing of the wilderness

The wellbeing of the wilderness

A Karnali river patrol shows how difficult it is to balance livelihoods with nature protectionEMBEDDED IN NATURE: The Karnali is Nepal’s longest…

The Karnali on canvas

The Karnali on canvas

Novelty: In Karnali's first ever performance of conceptual minimal art, performers moved from one end of the town to another with painted faces…