- Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Humanity Beyond Geopolitical Games
Humanity finds itself at a pivotal point in a period marked by swift transformations and the looming threat of conflict. While technological and economic ambitions reach new heights, the essence of human dignity is sinking beneath rising
Ensure Dignity For Sanitation Workers
Imagine the streets of your neighbourhoods, hospitals, and schools choked with rotting waste. Imagine what would happen if sanitation workers stopped working—the rotten stink lingering around your houses. What will happen if we do
Water Crisis In Madhes
On 23 July 2025, Madhes Province was officially declared a "Drought-Affected Zone" as a reaction to the long drought that destroyed paddy saplings and fragmented farmland. Two days later, on 25 July, the Prime Minister flew over Bara and
Photojournalism In the Digital Age
World Photography Day, observed annually on August 19, acknowledges the profound impact of photography across art, science, and society. First marked in 1839 with the public announcement of the daguerreotype process, the day is a cele
Teej: Mix Of Tradition And Aesthetics
Teej, or Haritalika Teej, is an ancient and holy festival for Sanatani Hindus, primarily from Nepal. With its roots in the Shiva Sampradaya and Himalayan culture, Teej is a special festival for ladies, celebrated with love and affection. The festiv
Voluminous Research On Teej Festival
What kind of festival is Teej in Nepal? One remark on behalf of the publisher, Ratna Prasad Shrestha, of this underreviewed 666-page book by Dr Bhupa Hari Poudel is here:The Teej and the Gaura are exclusively women's festivals of Nepal. Bu
Glorious Flight Of Kingfisher
The white-throated kingfisher, also known as the white-breasted kingfisher, is a striking bird commonly found in agricultural fields, swamps, ponds, lakes, canals, wetlands, parklands, mangroves, fishponds, and even the dry forests of Nepa
Tie Of Trust
With the threads tied around me, I waited patiently at home, cradling phone in trembling hands. My hands were sweaty, my heartbeat abnormally thunderous. A beep, every two minutes or so, but never the one I was yearning for. I walk
Raja Vidya: Lord Krishna's Gift To Humanity
With the birth of a human being, countless questions are also born. Therefore, no person can live a life entirely free from curiosity. The Vedanta-sutra thus instructs that after receiving this rare human birth, one must enquire into the Absolute
Bridging Research And Development Gap
On February 25, 2025, I returned to Nepal at the request of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. It was inspired by optimism and resolve — to help create a research culture that could make a meaningful contribution to meeting the nation's dev
Advancing Anthropology Of Development
In the 21st century, the world is still grappling with pressing issues such as deepening poverty, rising social inequality, climate change, and degrading planetary health. People's social worldviews, ethos, and value-orientations are conscio
Pipedreams In Rigged Polity
After doing a cursory study of the goings-on in this wonderland of ours, apart from going through chapters of lived experiences in the course of his 25-year career, yours truly has concluded that ours is a country of formers, the Bhutpurvas, with not much space for the newbies, from newspaper columns to vital bodies of the state, unless and until you happen to be the kith and/or kin of powers that be. Wh
Brian's Realisation
Brian felt like a nervous actor when he hurriedly left his workplace to reach his home library. He usually felt tired after work, but this sudden musicality of reaching tickled a joyful parade in him. He couldn't resist calling his dad about re
