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Changing literature, changing country
A bookstore in Bhaktapur in 2008.Flickr / Sukanto Debnath Nepal has seen tumultuous political and social changes since the 1960s – changes which continue today as the country grapples with the task of...
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In early 2004, Sushila Karki Pyakurel was on her way from Kathmandu to Israel to work as a caretaker when she met a government official in Bangkok, en route to South Korea, for a sports programme. As...
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‘Them greedy victims’
Photo: Sulay Ranjit Before we travelled to Gorkha Bazaar in early August 2015, the headquarters of the district that was the epicentre of the 25 April earthquake, we knew people were already accusing...
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Lahure laments
Gurkha Soldiers in 1896Photo : Wikimedia Commons / Hudson & Kearns By the time I met my grandfather for the first and only time in 2000, his mental abilities were fast deteriorating. More often...
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Domestic flights
Calling Home: Migrant Workers in Hong Kong. (Source: KC Wong/Flickr) (This is a reportage from our March 2015 print quarterly, ‘Labour and its discontents’. See more from the issue here.) In early...
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Far from truth
Photo: PACAF / Flickr Every day around 1500 people leave Nepal to work abroad in the Gulf countries and Malaysia. For most migrant workers, the goal is simple – to have an attractive job and money...
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