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

Women attend a class at the Ujyalo Community learning center in Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) ...

This script features characters embellished with intricate curves and loops, bestowing a distinctive artistic flair upon the language it denotes. Ranjana script is celebrated for its visual appeal and ...

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

Nepalese students affiliated with the Nepali Congress stage a symbolic protest against the government proposed social media ...

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 ...

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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 ...

As the rickety bus barely rounded another corner, an audible gasp went through the passengers. A recent blizzard had taken out the road between the high Himalayan villages of Ranipauwa and ...

The Muslims living in Nepal are descendants of ancestors who migrated from different parts of South Asia to this Himalayan ...

Suspects’ documents seized. They are accused of using voluntary work as a cover for coercing religious conversions.

A writer from Lonely Planet once described Nepal as a place where “there is always another adventure,” and this statement ...