Gagan Thapa has an idea
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 10 September 2016 Gagan Thapa is not exactly a communist comrade but the firebrand health minister of Nepal wants to bring about a sweeping revolution any way. A…
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Imagine being told you’ve got cancer, and you haven’t got the funds to buy your life back
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 7 September 2016 I wanted to write their story from a first-person perspective because I knew exactly where they stood in their battle against a murderous medical condition. So…
Taming the haughty spirit, hallucinations and delusions
By Dr Suresh Thapaliya, Kathmandu Winter 1997. I was in my native village in Nuwakot district. A student of fifth standard enjoying his vacation in a pristine Nepalese village. I…
Drowning deaths in Australian Nepalese communities, lack of awareness a problem
By Dr Nirpa Bahadur Rawal, Victoria (Cowes) 2 June 2016 The Nepali diaspora in Australia has had to deal with a number of tragic drowning incidents in the last few years.…
How sex-trafficked Nepalese girl transformed Aussie billionaire Andrew Forrest’s life
By Ram Khatry, Sydney 1 June 2016 Some eight years ago, an Australian teenager had the rare opportunity of embarking on a philanthropic journey to Nepal. Until then, Grace Forrest…
My issue with “I love My Vagina” slogan
By Chandani Sharma, Sydney The other day, a friend of mine posted a social media status on vagina. Although the post was purported to be feminist, I found myself a…
The Australian anthropology pundit who never tired of listening to Nepalese priests
6 March 2016: Vivienne Kondos, an Australian who loved all things Nepalese and a constant companion to Australia’s Nepalese diaspora, is being remembered as someone who could never have enough…
Poetry, the portrait of my canvas
By Sanu Ghimire, Sydney “If you can walk you can dance, if you can talk you can sing,” so goes the popular saying. Unfortunately, things do not work for me…
A very late post on Australia Day
By Kritika Pradhananga, Melbourne As most in Australia do on the day, we always used to have an elaborate BBQ on Australia Day. I would be busy delegating chores, assigning…
Nepal’s Third Gender Passport Blazes Trails
By Kyle Knight The arrival of a transgender activist from Nepal in Taiwan on October 24 for the 2015 International Lesbian and Gay Association’s Asia conference may seem unremarkable.…
Nepal not in mood to internationalise petro-crisis yet but secures Chinese cooperation to counter blockade
By Bharat Raj Poudel They say misfortune never comes alone. No one knows this more than Nepal as it lives the unfortunate proverb right this moment. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the…
Armed Conflict a Major Cause of Migration in Nepal
By Sumera Reshi Since 1945 more than 70 civil wars have been fought around the world. These civil wars claimed approximately 20 million deaths and displaced more than 67 million…
Cricket culture costs crocodile a meal as mummy bats the hunger out of it
A small village in the Indian state of Gujrat was in the headlines last week as Times of India broke the heart-warming story of a mum who saved her young daughter from…
