Nepal
Nepal’s public-school wars
Political dissonance is threatening the vitality of public schools in Nepal’s new federal arrangement.
Niranjan Kunwar | Oct 01, 2019
Reframing the Dalit experience
A new photobook on Dalits in Nepal brings out previously unheard voices and unseen visions.
Laxmi Murthy | Aug 22, 2019
And then they came for my Instagram filter
Nepal’s proposed regulations on social media have troubling implications for journalism and free speech.
Chhetria Patrakar | Feb 20, 2019
Himal Interviews: The Wayward Daughter
Podcast interview with Kathmandu-based author Shradha Ghale on her debut novel.
The Editors | Dec 27, 2018
Displaying defiance
Photo Kathmandu 2018 provided a much-needed snapshot of the history of feminist movement in Nepal.
Sewa Bhattarai | Dec 21, 2018
Bahunvada: Myth or reality?
ARCHIVE: The Kathmandu essayist on the history of ethnic hierarchy in modern Nepal (1992).
Kamal P Malla | Nov 19, 2018
Killed by contract
American wars, Nepali bodies and the price of the war economy.
Noah Coburn | Oct 08, 2018
Neoliberalism, foreign aid and trade unions in Nepal
Interview with anthropologist Mallika Shakya on Nepal's political economy.
The Editors | Sep 12, 2018
Studies in the psycho-pathology of culture
A fictional meditation on Nepal's stolen objects, theory of art, and geopolitics.
Ted Riccardi | Apr 08, 2018
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