Nepal

Those Hemraj Left Behind

Mihir Srivastava

When a victim’s loved ones are victimised

Mount Everest by Air

Lhendup G Bhutia

Flying aboard a notorious carrier along the Himalayas, exulting in its grandeur while hanging on to dear life

A Smuggling Town

Gunjeet Sra

Life around Sampurna Nagar, on the border between India and Nepal, revolves around illegally—and creatively—moving goods between the two countries

Flying Rattle Class

Lhendup G Bhutia

The experience of airlines only the adventurous dare fly

Red on Screen

Rahul Pandita

An Indian filmmaker’s tribute to the Maoist movement gets commercially released across Nepal

Desperately Seeking Consensus

Sudeep Chakravarti

After fifteen failed attempts at electing a Prime Minister, the question in Nepal now is whether it can maintain its cohesion

Songs of War

Avantika Bhuyan

These young musicians from strife-torn places like Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka are rebels in their homeland. But they believe their music is a weapon of peace.

The Maoist Mood

Sudeep Chakravarti

So long as Nepal cannot attain political stability without them, the landlocked country’s Maoists have the strongest hand to play. What might Prachanda’s next move look like?