Going up in smoke
The smoke blanketing Nepal this week is not just from forest fires but also burning wheat stalk after harvest
Chandra Kishore
Barbwire borders
As boundary walls go up around the world, the open Nepal-India border should be a model
The south wind blows
Nepal’s Hindu right is climbing on to a train without knowing which way it is headed
Burmese of Nepali descent flee to Thailand
Trapped Nepali workers and Burmese Nepalis escape the junta to Thailand, but many remain behind
Crimson, saffron and green
An ideological vacuum is turning the Madhes into fertile ground for the religious right
The outcasts
Nepalis at the grassroots for whom grassroots democracy has not delivered
Grain drain
Covid, climate and conflict have combined to make hunger more acute in Nepal
Nepal PM to India to reboot ties
Pushpa Kamal Dahal will meet Narendra Modi this week amidst signs of improved bilateral relations
Religiously following politics
Nepal’s traditional communal harmony could be disturbed by imported intolerance
Nepal-India trans-boundary bonds
National borders do not just divide countries, they also join them
