Bimal Pratap Shah

Sometime in the 1970s, Janis and Jerry arrived at Tribhuvan International Airport, their eyes shining with excitement. Janis, who had first come to Nepal as a carefree hippie teenager in the 1960s, felt a wave of nostalgia.

As Nepal prepares to bask in the vibrant festivities of Tihar, Newari New Year and Chhath, a stark reality looms, casting a shadow over the joyous occasion. In a nation profoundly rich with natural and cultural heritage, we find ourselves increasingly ensnared by the harsh grip of extreme poverty.

Music festivals, a potent fusion of culture, tourism, and commerce, are powerful economic engines Nepal holds untapped potential worth hundreds of millions of dollars in the global music festival scene: psychedelic trance, or psytrance, festivals. While the genre has deep roots in Goa, India, Nepal...

Twenty-three years ago, in 2001, Freak Street—a realm where time seems to bend and stretch—welcomed a nameless couple into the weathered embrace of the Yellow House, a cherished and affordable guesthouse for hippie travelers.

As the Dashain festival draws near, Nepal’s streets hum with a palpable joy, alive with the warmth of celebration. Ancient temples, aglow in the golden hues of dusk, echo with the soft cadence of prayers—a rhythmic murmur that floats through the air like a sacred song.

The Bagmati River, once a sacred lifeline, now languishes as Nepal's most polluted waterway, its tainted waters a stark reflection of the erosion within Nepali society’s moral fabric. The government appears either absent or mired in corruption, indifferent to the fate of this once-revered river.

Ferrando’s writing, though dense with the weight of her ideas, is also lyrical, almost poetic, drawing us in, making us want to understand, to engage, to act. As we grapple with this philosophical and ethical crossroads, one pressing question emerges: Will we grant AI a form of citizenship, and if s...

In the simmering heat of Bangladesh, where the air hung heavy with the weight of history, a quiet revolution took root, its roots sinking deep into the hearts of a generation too young to remember a time before Sheikh Hasina’s reign.

The situation has become so severe that even conflict zones like the Russia-Ukraine war are increasingly viewed as viable destinations

Nepal stands at a crucial crossroads, grappling with an issue that demands both immediate and nuanced action