Under international law, a state does not automatically become responsible just because something goes wrong within its national jurisdiction.

Nepal, India and China share a mountain ecosystem and face increasing effects of climate change.

Rivers do not stop at borders, and neither should warning systems, data sharing or emergency communication.

The behemoth in the room is the silent climate crisis, which manifests as the absence of the cuckoo’s call. If we don’t listen and change, the future is bleak, and it will be too late.

Challenging events like the Bhotekoshi flash flood highlight the need for mutual understanding and cooperation.

Disaster preparedness requires an urgent shift from knowledge integration to responsibility integration among governments, NGOs and communities.

If our politics continues to remain so abysmally unequal, our society will continue to dig itself a deeper hole of patriarchy, and we will continue to police women’s cleavages.

In the high Himalayas, we need multi-hazard detection that starts at the source and crosses borders before the flood does.

The Bhotekoshi flood invites a turning point for resilient infrastructure and eco-friendly development.

Simply rebuilding the same vulnerable systems recreates the same risks. Recovery should therefore combine speed with adaptation.

Our current systems fail because planners keep aiming for a calm middle ground that no longer exists.

The current VC appointment process also seems guided by political favouritism rather than merit.

New Delhi seems to have reluctantly accepted that it needs to normalise relations with China to navigate the uncertainties of a world left behind by a receding Pax Americana.

Mould slowly poisons the air in our homes and builds up in our bodies over years of chronic exposure.

Why does a political figure who fought for democracy begin to resemble the very political culture his generation had fought against?

The celebration of Janai Purnima highlights an urgent need to critically examine traditions that uphold upper-caste dominance in Nepal.

Public outrage often focuses on harsher sentences or the death penalty, but structural reform, institutional accountability, and better survivor support are what's truly missing.

For the poorest households, taking on debt may be particularly inappropriate when they lack the capacity to generate a reliable and sustainable return.

A year after the dizziness of freedom, Nepal is still deciding whether it got a revolution or a very expensive tantrum.

Do we see cooperation with China as a long-term strategy or a saviour only in emergencies?