On the face of it, the ten stories in Folk Gods, a collection of tales from around the sacred Kailash region in Nepal, India and the Tibet Autonomous region of China, are just that—stories about gods and goddesses (if not them, their vessels or other supernatural beings) and their affairs, which usually involve battling demons, witches and ogres or helping humans do the same.

In City of Dreams, Rana’s stories are not superficial renderings of everyday Nepali life; they are animated with each character’s fear, insecurities and desire to become.

After a month-long vacation, Pushpa Bajracharya flew back to Dubai on Thursday, to resume his work as a merchandiser at a distribution company called Transmed Overseas

On October 2, the shelter cluster, which is responsible for coordinating the relief and recovery work related to post earthquake housing plans, published a document that answered some of the questions pertinent to reconstruction. Among other things, the document tried to answer questions related to the government subsidy of Rs 200,000—an amount the government aims to provide to every household whose house was completely damaged in the earthquake.

The Wednesday before last, on the day of the Teej festival, a colleague and I met with a group of volunteers in Gorkha Bazaar to understand why the reports they had been sending sounded repetitive week after week.

A group of women sit on a foam mattress in a room surrounded by corrugated iron sheets for walls. The room is a makeshift classroom set up in the fringes of Chautara, Sindhupalchok, to teach these women the skills needed to work as electricians.

On Tuesday, the Society of Ex-Budhanilkantha Students (SEBS) dropped off 2,000 tarpaulin sheets and 60 tonnes

The Society of Ex-Budhanilkantha Students (SEBS) donated 2,000 tarpaulin sheets and 60 tonnes of rice to earthquake victims in Sindhupalchok constituency number 3 on Wednesday.

Subhadra Budha was standing under the eaves of a stone building. Her eyes would not stop welling up.

About three weeks ago, Tika Rijal was walking out of his hostel—an apartment block where migrant workers are housed—in Subang Jaya, Malaysia

The School Leaving Certificate examinations start in three days.

In late January, I visited the Doon Valley and the Mussoorie hills in Uttarakhand, India, with other journalists and environment

After spending 29 months in Malir and Landhi district jail in Karachi, Pakistan, Min Bahadur Sartunge Magar landed home on Thursday.

The State Management Committee of the Constituent Assembly has asked the government to book the individual(s) responsible for the acid attack on Sunday

Outraged by the acid attack on two schoolgirls on Sunday, around 500 people gathered at Basantapur, the site of the incident, on Tuesday demanding justice and safety for women.