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The tenderness in men

Jan 19, 2025 | nepalitimes.com | Pratibha Tuladhar

The characters we meet on screen go a long way in shaping our ideals and perspectives. 19 January 2025If you grew up under the influence of Bollywood films, it is likely they shaped your idea of masculinity. One, fuelled by the portrayal of the man as the protector, the creator and the embodiment of strength, and fury. Growing up in a middle-class South Asian family, the media access I was given was chosen by the men in the family--they were the ones in charge of the VCR and the remote control.
Inking an idenity

Jan 17, 2025 | nepalitimes.com | Sanjib Chaudhary

The stories told by Tharu tattoo motifs, from nature and lineage to afterlife and dowry18 January 2025Many indigenous peoples throughout the world have inked tattoos for aesthetic and therapeutic reasons which respect their culture and traditions. That includes Tharu women in Nepal who have tattooed themselves with traditional motifs that tell stories about their ancestry and the natural world. The Nat are a nomadic ethnic group that pitch tents near villages to do odd jobs.
Alarm in Nepal after Tibet quake

Jan 9, 2025 | nepalitimes.com | Sonia Awale

The new year 2025 started literally with a bang. The 7.1M jolt in Xigatse on Tuesday swayed buildings in Kathmandu 400km away, and coincided with the approaching 91st anniversary of the 1934 Great Earthquake. The National Earthquake Safety Day on 15 January commemorates the 1934 8.3M disaster that killed 10,000 people in Kathmandu, leaving many collapsed buildings. Thousands of people of Kathmandu took shelter in tents in Tundikhel as aftershocks rattled the country (pictured).
Eyes wide open in Mustang

Jan 7, 2025 | nepalitimes.com | Kunda Dixit

As a struggling photographer in Bhaktapur 30 years ago, Kishor Kayastha could not even afford furniture. Buying a new lens was out of the question. Later, as one of Nepal’s top fashion and travel photographers, Kayastha toured the world, doing shoots in exotic places for famous brands. Money was not as much a limiting factor anymore. Then came the accident.
Media matters

Dec 26, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

Elected leaders’ attack on the press highlights increasing threats to media freedoms in Nepal27 December 20242024 was marked by Nepal’s politicians attempting to silence journalists and institutions that were critical of them. Despite being elected, they seem to be learning the tricks about gagging the media from authoritarians in the neighbourhood. But the lesson there is that such suppression is counterproductive.
Nepal’s success in typhoid vaccine trial

Dec 6, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Sonia Awale

Just as Nepal was recovering from the Covid pandemic in 2022, the government with GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, inoculated almost 8 million school-children against typhoid. What was even more remarkable was that this vaccine was earlier trialled among 20,000 people in Lalitpur, showing a significant reduction in typhoid incidence with efficacy rate of an impressive 80%, and was the subject of a research paper in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2019.
China syndrome

Dec 5, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

Prime Minister K P Oli’s visit to China this week was proof that Nepal suffers self-inflicted geopolitical harm. Let’s call it the ‘China syndrome’. Weeks before the visit, opposition politicians, coalition partners, op-ed influencers all started ringing alarm bells about backlash from India about Oli not going to Delhi first. Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal even internationalised a domestic issue by telling an Indian newspaper what it wanted to hear about Oli using ‘the China card’.
Meet the cello girl

Nov 17, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Pratibha Tuladhar

Thinking about Iva in the midst of an orchestra brought a simple and real comfort17 November 2024Rain pelleted the windshield furiously. Iva Maharjan dashed down the footpath and slid into the backseat of the taxi, next to me. We were about to be stuck in Kathmandu traffic for exactly two hours and I would ask her a question on which our time would pivot. Iva goes by the name “the cello girl” on her WhatsApp ID. I had always wondered if the title had more to reveal.
Oli’s oscillations

Nov 14, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Shristi Karki

Prime Minister K P Oli appears to have decided that since an invitation to visit India is not forthcoming, he will go to China instead. This breaks the tradition of Nepal’s prime ministers flying off to New Delhi first after assuming office. The Indian media has labelled Oli as ‘pro-China’ so often that most of India seems to believe it. Having a pro-China public persona suits Oli fine since it bolsters his nationalist credentials at home, while privately he keeps his trust with Indian leaders.
Power to the People

Oct 25, 2024 | nepalitimes.com | Sonia Awale

Next week from 31 October-4 November is the festival of lights, and that is when domestic demand for electricity will surge as it does this time every year. However, this year the the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) will be hard pressed to ensure adequate supply because of the damage to power plants and transmission lines on 28 September. In a flash, Nepal lost nearly half its electricity generation capacity as a dozen power plants were knocked out.