Tulasi Acharya’s book discusses how sexual desire and patriarchy shape South Asian society, drawing from history, religion, and literature.

A Hindu pilgrim stood anxiously next to a bus stand in Mustang, Nepal. “I’m going to burn my passport,” he told me. “I’m going to destroy all my documents and cross the border. I came ...

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Criticism mounts over Nepal's new social media laws, with concerns raised about free speech and media freedom.

Festivals reflect a society’s traditions, beliefs, and sometimes, its deep-rooted connection with animals. Across the globe, ...

The history of Bon can be traced to the ancient shamanistic traditions of the Tibetan plateau. Initially, Bon was not a single, unified religion but a collection of beliefs and practices related to ...

Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the caste “Teli” that had been included in the Central List of OBCs in the State of ...

A saying in Hindi goes like this: "jo dikhta hai vah bikta hai" (that which is visible or exhibited gets sold). This sentiment has come back again to haunt the 146 crore Indians after the presentation ...

The CCP’s religious and cultural repression on the Tibetan Plateau is also feeding an ecological crisis. The response from ...

We celebrate 11 of the most beautiful mountains in the world: from the Alaskan wilds and remote Greenland to the giants of ...

Kathmandu, Aug 31: Nepali Congress president and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that it is only in a democracy that all ethnicities, languages, religions and cultures ... duty and ...

But with neighboring Thailand’s same-sex marriage law coming into force last month, that dream suddenly feels within reach.