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Centennial of hunting diplomacy in Nepal
Prime Minister Chandra Shamsher Rana (left) with King George V (right) during a 1911 hunting expedition in the Tarai. Ten years later, he hosted…
Unsung heroes of Nepal’s tiger recovery
Piprahar in Chitwan. Photos: MUNA THAPA/WWF NEPALNepal serves as a global tiger conservation success story. Despite a decade-long civil war,…
Atrocities against Tharu expressed in art
Lavkant ChaudharyAs they enter Lavkant Chaudhary’s Masinya Dastoor exhibition at the Siddhartha Art Gallery, the visitors are strongly drawn to…
TASTE OF NEPAL
Illustration: DIWAKAR CHHETRIS pecial Nepali Times Holiday Edition celebrates Nepal’s culinary heritage. Our reporters fan out across the…
Exploring Nepal’s culinary diversity
Dulled by dal bhat? There is more to Nepali cuisine than meets the eye.
Tharu Escargots
All Photos: EELUM DIXITManju Chaudhary sinks her hand into a little pond and brings up a tiny, conch-shaped shell. Inside it is an even tinier…
Shanti Chaudhary: Poet-at-large
When Shanti Chaudhary was born in Kathmandu on 28 December, 1955, she possibly was the first Tharu person to be born in the capital. Her father…
The making of Chaku
https://youtu.be/p93NbVY7gRcMakar Sankranti or the first day of the month of Magh is celebrated as an important festival by various ethnicities…