Tag: #Maoist war
Articles tagged with #Maoist war
Rukum in the eyes of its children
How the post-GenZ generation in one of Nepal’s remotest districts sees everyday life
The war between people
How war alters and defines the paths of innocents
2004
The Maoist war was at its peak, the rebels were attacking one district headquarters after another, people were being disappeared, Nepalis were…
Nepal's transitory justice
Nepal’s cross-party consensus on transitional justice leaves serious doubts about some provisions and implementation
Muktikot still waiting for liberation
Two decades after Maoists promised prosperity, this Dalit village in Nepal has been forgotten
António Guterres meets Nepal’s leaders
Concluding the transitional justice process, climate change and Nepal’s role in UN peacekeeping discussed
Restorative justice for peace-building
Colombian judge’s advice to Nepal: a vengeful system that prioritises punishment post-conflict is counter-productive
Nepali reaps peace dividend 17 years after war
All photos: SANTOSH DAHIT/HIMALKHABARAt the peak of the Maoist conflict in 2002, Prem Kumari Pun fled her village in the mountains of Rolpa for…
Vignettes from war
Two women on opposite sides of Nepal's Maoist insurgency draw on memories of conflict
Power to the periphery
Takam village (above) in Dhaulagiri Municipality is a model for how federalism should function. Photos: JOY STEPHENSBal Bir Biswakarma from the…
Ground reality of landlessness in Nepal
The first popularly elected government led by B P Koirala enacted the Birta Abolition Act in 1959, that required zamindars formerly granted land…
Nepal’s unpunished war crimes
Image from a series by Chinese photographer Guligo Jia’s exhibition of ‘reunions’ of people with family members they lost in the war projected…
The scars of war
Bhakta Bahadur Regmi with Rabin and Rabina in Kathmandu last week speaking about a traumatic tragedy 20 years ago that changed their lives. All…
Toothless Commissions
The then Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and rebel leader 'Prachanda' Pushpa Kamal Dahal signing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in…
Pushpa Kamal Dahal is still Prachanda
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRINepal’s political headlines these days are mainly about the rift between K P Oli and Madhav Kumar Nepal that split…
Nepal sees spike in suicides during pandemic
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALATwo years ago after going through a bad relationship, a 36-year-old Kathmandu-based doctor started getting suicidal…
From the frontlines of Nepal’s war
A narrow ridge that served as a helipad in Kalikot district back in 2004 when the Maoist War was on its peak. Photo: KUNDA DIXITTwenty-five…
Mother on 25th day of hunger strike
Photo: KANAK MANI DIXIT/TWITTERA mother who is on the 25th day of a hunger strike in Kathmandu demanding justice against the murderers of her…
Ganga Maya’s endless road to justice
On the sixth death anniversary of Nanda Prasad Adhikari who was on a hunger strike demanding justice for his murdered son, his widow Ganga Maya…
Uma Bhujel in and out of jail
Uma Bhujel was a Brigade Commissar in the Moaist Party. In this photograph, she poses with fellow fighters after ambushing and killing three…
Only memories remain
14 years and 11 prime ministers later Text and photographs by Bikkil SthapitMany of the over 1,300 people still listed as missing after the…
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…
Stop complaining, start contributing
Whether you see the glass as half empty or half full, it is time to take action and move ahead
Bow out
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIPolitics is supposed to be a mechanism through which the most competent leaders are selected to manage a nation…