Tag: #press
Articles tagged with #press
"It is hard to feel neutral"
A Dart Centre Asia Pacific Report on how Nepal's media covered the GenZ uprising
Errata, etc
As the guardians of the Fourth Estate, it is our job to tell it like it is, and let the potato chips fall where they may. Every once in a while, however, there are facts that need to be tweaked.
Press for people
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHETTRIThis year, Nepal leapfrogged to 76 among 180 countries, up from last year’s 106, in the Press Freedom Index.…
Onward
I'm so old that I remember a time — back in the hoary 1990s — when you couldn’t expect flair, or at times even fluency, from Nepal’s…
Times change, but the Nepali Times stays the same
It was easy for me to get in the door of the Nepali Times after I first moved to Nepal in 2005: Editor Kunda Dixit and I shared ties with the…
In a surveillance state
Illustration : BHANU BHATTARAIWhile citizens in Western democracies try to get their governments to combat the misuse of their private data by…
License to lie
It is beginning to worry us in the journalism profession that the press gets bad press. Without beating the bush around, it would be fair to…
No freedom after expression
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIPrime Minister K P Oli spent 14 years in jail for opposing the Panchayat absolute monarchy. He was one of the main…
Rule by law
Illustration: SUBHAS RAINepal’s ruling unified Marxist-Leninist-Maoists have in the past year incrementally constricted freedom of expression,…
CENSURING CENSORSHIP
Now that all three festivals are over, it is time to remind ourselves of where we left off before the holidays. Lest we forget, in late…
Digital detox
The surest sign that Nepal has already become an online society is the spreading practice of ‘digital detox’, where addicted users completely…
THE MESSAGE IS THE MEDIUM
Source: SHARECAST INITIATIVE NEPALThere was a time until recently when we wrote editorials in this space about how the global digital divide was…
The great feast of death
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAR ight before by-elections for a seat in the Parliament, the corpse of a man called Bishweshwar or ‘Bishu’ is found below a…
Nepal undermining free expression: HRW
Nepal should revise its draft laws that erode the right to freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter to Prime Minister…
Still dancing and singing for Nepal revolution
'Comrade Pratista, 14, dances to the tune of a revolutionary song at a Maoist mass rally in Dang in 2001 during a Dasain ceasefire. Photo:…
A creeping coup
Whether Nepal was ruled by a monarchy-military dictatorship, an elected coalition or a communist regime, its leaders have often tried and…
The minister and the anchor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SloxDS_otUIThe 12 May episode of Sakas Rajniti, a talk show on Avenues TV in which host Sushil Pandey got into a…
IFJ asks Nepal to revoke media gag
Photo: MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYAThe International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Nepal Press Union (NPU) have strongly condemned…
Long shadows
SUP-PRESS: Journalists taking part in a rally on Tuesday ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May were stopped by barricades and riot police…
Anita Tuladhar: The Gardener of Small Stories
I encountered Anita Tuladhar in a black and white 1985 studio photo. She stands with writer Toya Gurung and singer Aruna Lama. She is wearing a…
Zip up
Bhanu BhattaraiFreedom of expression is enshrined in Nepal’s 2015 constitution, and the K P Oli government has repeatedly assured the public…
The death of democracy
On 5 August, Bangladeshi artist, writer and organiser Shahidul Alam was interviewed on Al Jazeera about student protests triggered by the deaths…
#FreeShahidulAlam
All photos: Sagar Chhetri/photo.circleAs Kathmandu welcomes several heads of states and governments for the fourth summit of the Bay of Bengal…
Cartoonists hit at restrictions
This week many cartoonists targeted new laws that restrict press freedom. Their work highlights the fears of shrinking space for media and…