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Lahuri Bhaisi: Where the Animal Teaches the Audience What Humanity Means

The stage itself is already a map of class. Before a single word is spoken, the hierarchy is built into the architecture of the set, and it never lets you forget it.

Kathmandu. The play begins in darkness, and the darkness is already telling a story. Before a single line of dialogue is spoken, bodies move across the stage in the repetitive rhythms of agricultural labour;  bent backs, hurried footsteps, coordinated movements emerging from shadow. The scene evokes Nepal’s long history......

Ecological Buffering and the Future of Monkey Management in Nepal

 A farmer in Nepal can legally lose an entire season’s harvest to monkeys and receive little more than sympathy in return. Imagine any other sector of the economy functioning this way. If a factory lost half of its production due to repeated external damage, the government would intervene. If......

Observers Warn Nepal’s Democracy Is Undermined by Growing Parliamentary Confrontation

KATHMANDU — Observers of Nepal’s politics, both domestic and international, are urging opposition lawmakers to abandon escalating physical confrontations inside the Federal Parliament, warning that such behavior undermines democratic norms and erodes public trust in the country’s institutions. They argue that elected representatives must listen to differing views, respect......