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Tapping Nepal’s Glacial Gold
The first edition of the Sagarmatha Sambaad – the foreign ministry's flagship dialogue initiative – kicks off in Kathmandu today (16th May). The three-day summit will focus on the existential issue of our time – Climate Change, Mountains and the Future of Humanity. This could be taken as an opportunity to separate the Himalayas from revenue generation activities.
May 16, 2025
Tensions Next Door: Echoes in Chinese Media
Tensions Next Door: Echoes in Chinese Media
May 15, 2025
Rato Matsyendranath: A Historical and Cultural Explorat...
Rato Matsyendranath: A Historical and Cultural Explorat...
May 14, 2025
Vipassana Diplomacy: A Path to Peaceful World Order- I
Vipassana Diplomacy: A Path to Peaceful World Order- I
May 13, 2025Latest
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Will a 'Civil Commission' Shape Nepal’s Stalled Transitional Justice System?
Will a 'Civil Commission' Shape Nepal’s Stalled Transitiona...
A Civil Commission, led by victims and civil society, would serve as an alternative truth-seeking and documentation body outside state control.
4 days ago
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Inside the Collapse of Nepal’s Monarchy Revival
Inside the Collapse of Nepal’s Monarchy Revival
Dethroned king Gyanendra wants to gain political power and re-enter the Narayanhiti Palace, become king again, and rule the country. He wants to turn the benevolent citizens of Nepal back into his subjects. Like his father, King Mahendra Bikram, he desires to be a major source of the constitution an...
5 days ago
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How Politics Killed Science in Gandaki Province
How Politics Killed Science in Gandaki Province
The government repealed "The Gandaki Province Academy of Science and Technology Act-2076", formed in 2020, without public consultation or internal notice.
The Constitution of Nepal (2072 BS) mandates the promotion of scientific research, technology development, and the protection of intellectual an...
May 09, 2025
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Unlocking Private Credit Market in Nepal
Unlocking Private Credit Market in Nepal
Nepal’s ongoing crisis in the financial co-operative sector has exposed vulnerabilities within the country’s financial system. Thousands of members are facing the loss of deposits due to mismanagement, fraud, and regulatory shortcomings, which have significantly eroded public confidence...
May 08, 2025
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A roadmap to ending landlessness
A roadmap to ending landlessness
In Nepal land is not only a source of livelihood but is closely tied to one’s identity, dignity, and a prerequisite to access to essential services. Governmental services including agricultural inputs, credit, electricity, water and financial services require land ownership. Hence landless or...
May 07, 2025
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Sagarmatha Sambaad: Uniting the World to Save the Himalayas
Sagarmatha Sambaad: Uniting the World to Save the Himalayas
In the Himalayas, snowfall has plummeted to a 23-year low, threatening the freshwater supply for nearly two billion people across Asia.
Nepal has been witnessing a sharp increase in extreme weather events—including landslides and floods—largely driven by climate change. In 2024 alone, s...
May 06, 2025
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Exploring the Economics of Post-Capitalist Spirituality
Exploring the Economics of Post-Capitalist Spirituality
The country’s contribution to global tourism revenue may appear modest—just under seven percent of its GDP—but this statistical modesty obscures a deeper significance.
In a world increasingly automated and artificial, the most valuable commodity will be the unreplicable. And nothi...
May 05, 2025
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Of Power and Wealth: Political Economy of Corruption
Of Power and Wealth: Political Economy of Corruption
Anti-corruption is not just about removing a few rotten apples to save the rest; the real question is, how can we save the apples when the crate holding them is itself rotten?
We have failed to explore the political economy of corruption—how resources are generated, collected, and distributed...
May 04, 2025
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Nepal’s Restive Streets: Youth, Protests, and the Shadow of Gerontocracy
Nepal’s Restive Streets: Youth, Protests, and the Shadow of...
Nepal’s streets, once vibrant with the promise of democracy, have become battlegrounds of discontent. A wave of protests—diverse in their causes but unified in their frustration—has rendered the nation’s roads restless and unsafe.
May 02, 2025
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Sanitation Workers: City’s Hidden Heroes
Sanitation Workers: City’s Hidden Heroes
During a recent visit to a waste segregation center in the Kathmandu Valley, I had a profoundly moving conversation with a sanitation worker whose story left a lasting impression on me. I was immediately struck by the complete absence of even the most basic health and safety measures in her working...
May 01, 2025