A short tribute to Nepal scholar Ted Riccardi, who passed away on Tuesday. Few had engaged with Nepal’s history as Riccardi had, and for that, we must be thankful.

Nepali news organisations have been underwhelming in their approach to data analysis. This has been particularly worrisome during a deadly pandemic.

There seems to be no end to either the pandemic or the government’s incompetent response.

China’s interests in Nepal have evolved over the years. It has never been as politically invested as it currently is.

Top-heavy conservation models have little regard for locals. This has to change if conservation is to succeed.

The one common factor through Nepal’s history has been that alliances never last.

Nepal may profess non-alignment in its foreign policy, but the signals it’s sending out are contrary to them.

Anti-Indianism has fuelled Nepali politics for seven decades. It now needs to decide the future of bilateral ties.

Navaraj BK and his friends died because he loved an upper-caste girl. He won’t be the last.

What the Chinese narrative on Mt Everest tells us about shaping international views.

The government needs to communicate its lockdown policies better to the people.

No other film in recent years has held up a mirror to society as starkly as the South Korean film has.

Measures taken to fight this pandemic show that our approach to policymaking must be humanistic as much as it should be scientific.

Folklore and human interactions with species give us some unique sounding names.

Those flirting with the idea of a Hindu state need to look at how quickly India has changed.