By Sharad KC This month, the research team here in Nepal went on a short hiking trip to Lakuri Bhanjyang, a small hill southeast of Kathmandu Valley. Since we work in a shared office space environment, we invited everyone in the building to join us for the hike. The...
By Saurav Rajbhandari I recently traveled to Gulariya, Bardiya for a filming project. Gulariya is a small town in the mid-western region of Nepal which is approximately 550 kilometers (342 miles) west from Kathmandu. It was a risk for me to travel alone due to...
By Ayush SJB Rana The craze for cricket is not really surprising. Nepal has had as ancient link to the British as Indians. It goes back to collaboration in the 18th century, the Anglo-Nepalese War, and the treaty of Sugauli in 1816. Unlike the Indians, this small...
By Sharad KC In Nepal, you always bow before your elders; arranged marriages are common; devotees visit temples every day; there are more festivals than days and more temples than total number of households. Nepal is unique and is truly Nepal only because of its...
By Patrick Cisler Much of what I had read about in the paper or saw on the news regarding China was visible from the moment I arrived. I observed the rising middle class as we drove from the airport in Shanghai to our hotel and noticed that the majority of the cars on...
