Deepak Adhikari
State of emergency
An inside account of the Nepali state’s emergency response to the April earthquake.
Jul 29, 2015
Bigger cages, longer chains
As labour unrest afflicts the World Cup kick-off in Brazil, for Nepal’s migrant workers, Qatar 2022 is a lived reality.
Jun 12, 2014
The wireless village
A pioneering rural internet scheme in Nepal, and the man behind it, point toward a more inclusive digital future
Jul 09, 2013
The fast food frontier
In Nepal’s market, local entrepreneurship beats the multinational chains every time
Apr 20, 2013
Latest Articles
Imran Khan’s attempted arrest, UN appeal for Afghanistan aid, a graphic novel on Naga repatriation and more
March - Updates and analysis from around the region
A disappeared Maldivian journalist’s family still waits for closure
Eight years after he vanished, and despite an official report pointing to his abduction and murder, Ahmed Rilwan is yet to be declared dead, and powerful officials allegedly linked to the killers evade justice
Punjab’s battles over Bhagat Singh
Controversies over the anti-colonial revolutionary expose Punjab’s political fissures, with the farmers’ protest movement, Communists, Khalistanis, the AAP and other parties all having staked their own claims
Tehreek-i-Taliban is making its way back in Pakistan
Tehreek-i-Taliban’s resurgence reveals the failure of the Pakistan government’s anti-terror policy and its ambivalent, contradictory relationship with Islamist militant groups
