International student visa allows you to work up to 20 hours a week. from www.shutterstock.com By Jock Collins, University of Technology Sydney 24 April 2018 The Turnbull Government’s decision to scrap…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 17 April 2017 A seemingly low-key reception accorded to Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari as she arrived in New Delhi Monday afternoon appears to have caused…
4 April 20174: It’s not been long since angry protesters demanding federal republic damaged statue of a Prithvi Narayan Shah, the architect of modern Nepal. While Nepalis got what they…
27 March 2017: He is not trying to keep India close to his heart and push China away, Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” has said to Chinese President…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 16 March 2017 As I read a disturbing report published by popular Indian website Youth Ki Awaz, I thought of the modern-day lamb industry where no…
By Amit Kaushik, Sydney 13 March 2016 Once, I was talking to my uncle over telephone. The usual family affairs. He said he was looking for a bridegroom for his…
By Lianboi Vaiphei, University of Delhi 5 March 2016 Around the world, tradition often opposes equality. But when it comes to the question of gender equality, such situations can become…
23 February 2017: Young international students from poorer countries will probably be working little harder and longer to be able to pay tens of thousands of dollars in university fees…
By Arup K Chatterjee, O.P. Jindal Global University 21 February 2016 “All hill-stations have their share of ghost stories” writes journalist Sheela Reddy. “But the Doon must be the only…
By Ranjit Goswami, Vice-Chancellor, RK University 24 January 2017 Major social change does not happen within the space of a year. Yet, to a large number of observers around the…
By Chiran Jung Thapa, Kathmandu 15 January 2017 Recent string of incidents involving uniformed personnel have roiled the Indian armed services. Several uniformed personnel have taken to social media to…
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 11 January 2017 I will be honest. There was a time when I was one of millions of Nepali youths totally in awe of Prachanda, the…
By Cecilia Tortajada, National University of Singapore 4 January 2017 According to a recent UN report, “48 of the world’s most vulnerable countries will lose ground in economic development and…
By Shakir Lakhani, a Pakistani blogger 30 December 2016 We were not very surprised when you, Mr Ashraf Ghani, at the Heart of Asia conference in India, conveniently forgot how much…
By Choodamani Bhattarai, Leesburg 28 December 2016 Last week, Nepal’s deputy prime minister and finance minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara hosted a dinner in honour of visiting Chinese leader Liu Qibao. The…
By Chiran Jung Thapa, Kathmandu 19 December 2016 Almost a month after Pakistan appointed General Qamar Javed Bajwa to succeed General Raheel Sharif as its new Army Chief, India too has…
15Dec16: A Beijing media has urged both India and China to respect Nepal’s “balance policy” instead of forcing the fragile republic to choose one of the two “rising powers” of Asia. China and…
11December 2016: The 6070 kilometre-long “rail and road cargo service” between Guangzhou and Kathmandu will be more frequent as time passes, the general manager of Tibet Tianzhi Import and Export…
By Joseph McQuade, PhD Candidate and Gates Scholar University of Cambridge At a recent meeting between 14 Asian countries, the topic of security was high on the agenda. A pledge to…
By Choodamani Bhattarai, Kathmandu 8 December 2016 The subject of dual nationality is currently eating away at Nepal. This hidden agenda came to the fore when the government led by…
