Latest from Aarya Chand
She climbed Everest without supplemental oxygen. But the summit was never the point
By Aarya Chand Melissa Arnot Reid, the first American woman to achieve the feat, launched her memoir in Kathmandu, reflecting on shame, self-worth and the people behind Himalayan expeditions.
What to know about the US trial over Mamta Kafle’s disappearance
By Aarya Chand More than two years after the Nepali nurse vanished in Virginia, her husband is on trial for murder, though her body has never been found. He has pleaded not guilty. Here are 14 key questions about the case and the evidence.
Their flood videos went viral. They are still haunted by what they saw
By Aarya Chand Millions watched videos of the August 26 flood that devastated entire towns. The men behind two of the clips survived, but one lost his home and farmland, the other his mother.
The children left behind by Nepal’s deadliest floods
By Aarya Chand & Sajana Baral The Post spoke to 12 children from the flood-affected areas and gathered their experiences and the nightmares that still follow them.
Digging through the mud for leftover memories
By Sajana Baral & Aarya Chand More than a month after the catastrophic floods, people in Nuwakot are combing the wreckage of their homes and shops for documents, photo frames, keepsakes, and anything else they can salvage.
In Nepal’s premium rental market, the dollar is everywhere but on paper
By Aarya Chand Apartments and homes are increasingly listed in US dollars, edging out Nepali renters and operating in a legal gray zone that no regulator has ever tested.
Flood took his home. His old citizenship photo is denying him relief
By Sajana Baral & Aarya Chand Juthe Tamang is living under a tarp in Nuwakot after losing his shelter and work, but the image on his citizenship certificate has been an issue for opening a bank account, a must for receiving relief money.
As rain returns, flood survivors endure cold—and leaking tents
By Sajana Baral & Aarya Chand Damp weather has raised health concerns for infants and vulnerable groups as permanent resettlement plan awaits central government approval.
Flood-hit women entrepreneurs determined to rebuild their businesses
By Sajana Baral & Aarya Chand With family members dead or missing, many women see the need to rise up and find work to support their children and remaining ones.
Child abuse allegations shake ISKCON’s Kathmandu centre
By Aarya Chand The religious organisation’s global leadership has suspended eight Nepal-based officials pending an inquiry, nearly five months after a family reported alleged abuse to police. The person accused of sexually abusing a girl remains at large.
Flood-displaced mothers struggle for privacy and care
By Aarya Chand In crowded shelters, pregnant women and new mothers are struggling for privacy, adequate food and access to maternity care as damaged roads cut them off from hospitals.
Four hours under the rubble, 97 years above it
By Aarya Chand Guna Maya Bohara was rescued from an elderly care home where she had lived for more than a decade. But her survival was only the latest chapter in a life marked by loss, resilience and a family she built around herself.
In Nepal’s flood zone, the second disaster is psychological
By Aarya Chand A week into the country’s deadliest disaster in a decade, mental health teams are only beginning to reach survivors and the deeper trauma may still be ahead.
The trouble with sexuality education in Nepal is too much of it goes untaught
By Aarya Chand Despite being part of the curriculum through grade 8, Comprehensive Sexuality Education is often reduced to a few chapters, hampered by limited teacher training, and dropped from the compulsory curriculum just as adolescents enter their teenage years.
Some welcome Kishor Shrestha’s arrest, others question it
By Aarya Chand While media groups and press freedom advocates have criticised the police action, others say the veteran journalist’s arrest is justified, pointing to a long record of publishing private and targeted content.