Perspectives
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When global mobility restrictions were at its strictest, some migrant workers who died to Covid-19 returned home as ashes in a box. Their families are still being deprived of compensation.
COVID19
6 min read
With cases surging in the thousands, Nepal has entered the inevitable third Covid-19 wave. Our best defense still remains to mask up, maintain social distancing, and vaccinate.
COVID19
5 min read
The Musahar community has long been marginalized and discriminated against, but the Covid-19 pandemic only made things worse.
COVID19
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The emergence of the new variant has thrown many countries into panic, with many of them, including Nepal, imposing travel restrictions on passengers from South Africa.
COVID19
6 min read
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought the tourism industry to a grinding halt and among those most affected have been thousands of porters.
POPULAR
7 min read
Commissioned by Mahendra, the image of Prithvi Narayan with his index finger raised perfectly encapsulated the Panchayat’s driving refrain of ‘ek raja, ek bhes, ek bhasa, ek desh’.
POPULAR
12 min read
This week on Writing Journeys, editor and analyst Anagha Neelakantan draws on her writing experiences and realizations to offer sage advice.
POPULAR
22 min read
They stole our ghats. They stole our boats. They stole our rivers and our fish. Crushers in our rivers, they even stole the lands of our ancestors.
POPULAR
23 min read
Boudha once had a long and rich relationship with water but with the explosion of concrete houses and paved roads, fresh water is becoming more and more scarce.
Explainers
8 min read
The Nepali economy is going through a liquidity crunch. The Record explains just what that means.
Explainers
13 min read
An explainer on what sexual harassment is, the legal frameworks that aim to prevent and eliminate it, and what else can be done.
Explainers
7 min read
Six years since Tikapur, Tharus have been demanding that the incident be treated on par with other violent protests — as a political movement rather than a criminal act.
Explainers
5 min read
As Nepal registers its first casualties from Black Fungus, The Record explains what the fungal infection is, who is at risk, and if we should be concerned.
LONGREADS
14 min read
Fifteen years since the 10-year conflict ended, there is no justice and little peace for victims of rape and sexual violence.
LONGREADS
20 min read
Violence undocumented is violence denied, and new writing from Kalimpong and Darjeeling — which includes Chuden Kabimo’s Song of the Soil — is correcting this historical wrong.
LONGREADS
76 min read
Using extensive documentary footage from the Maoist conflict, General Sam Cowan provides incisive analysis on the military effectiveness of the People’s Liberation Army.
LONGREADS
13 min read
Nakunni Dhobi and the 20-day march to Kathmandu: How many women have returned to private cages of violence, never to reach out again?
FEATURES
14 min read
Fifteen years since the 10-year conflict ended, there is no justice and little peace for victims of rape and sexual violence.
FEATURES
8 min read
The Nepali economy is going through a liquidity crunch. The Record explains just what that means.
FEATURES
8 min read
The recent law on acid attacks is a step in the right direction but it would’ve gone a longer way had it also accounted for burn survivors.
FEATURES
8 min read
By introducing and enforcing the use of the English language from an early stage, we may be losing much more than we think.
