Deepak Adhikari

1 week ago | theannapurnaexpress.com | Deepak Adhikari

I can’t quite recall how I ended up teaching primary school students, but it was my first proper job. After completing my intermediate studies in arts from Ratna Rajya Campus in the early 1990s, I was struggling to make ends meet in Kathmandu. My parents had stopped sending me their modest monthly allowance, which barely covered my rent and basic survival.

1 month ago | asia.nikkei.com | Deepak Adhikari

KATHMANDU -- Pemba Sherpa was at the resting spot known as The Balcony, which, at 8,430 meters, is the last level area before the summit of Mount Everest, when he decided not to keep going up. It would have been his ninth time in a decade to reach the top of the world's highest peak. But as he was guiding two European climbers that day in 2018, his feet were in pain as his new climbing boots had turned out to be too tight and his toes were turning numb in the brutal cold.

2 months ago | hindi.mongabay.com | Deepak Adhikari

कभी मानव-हाथी संघर्ष के लिए सुर्खियों में रहने वाला भारतीय सीमा से सटा पूर्वी नेपाल का एक गांव अब सह-अस्तित्व के मॉडल पर चल रहा है। कभी भयभीत रहने वाले गांव वालों ने अब हाथी को पसंद नहीं आने वाली फसलों और मधुमक्खी पालन को अपना लिया है। साथ ही, त्वरित प्रतिक्रिया दल की मदद से वे हाथियों को सुरक्षित तरीके से दूर भगा देते हैं। सरकार की नीतियों, संरक्षण की कोशिशों और समुदाय के बदलते नजरिए से जान-माल के नुकसान में काफी कमी आई है। साल 2015 के बाद से इस क्षेत्र में किसी भी मौत की जानकारी नहीं मिली...

2 months ago | news.mongabay.com | Deepak Adhikari

Human-elephant conflicts were once concentrated in the border village of Bahundangi in eastern Nepal, but the problem has since spread to other villages further west as a result of rapid urbanization, deforestation and infrastructure expansion that have forced elephants into human settlements.

2 months ago | scroll.in | Deepak Adhikari

The heavy thud against the glass window sent Krishna Bahadur Rasaili’s heart racing. Stepping outside, he saw his granary lay in ruins, and an elephant was feasting on his hard-earned paddy harvest. For years, this has been a terrifying reality in Bahundangi, a village along Nepal’s eastern border with India along the Mechi River. Wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), following their ancient migratory routes, frequently storm farms, devour crops and even ransack granaries.