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"Rohingya Hindus are used here like pawns": A Minority on The Chessboard
5 min readConflicting narratives from Hindu Rohingya refugees suggests the Myanmar government is leveraging them for geopolitical gain.
FAISAL MAHMUD

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September on Arakan Road
A report from the Rohingya camps and trails in Bangladesh
FAISAL MAHMUD
Labor
The Labor Exit: Shifting Agrarian Livelihoods in the Middle Hills
Reflecting on the socio-economic cycles that are undermining agrarian life in the mid-Hills of Nepal
SAMANTHA DAY
Journalism
Can we stop talking about public intellectuals?
SHUBHANGA PANDEY
History

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Why did the British not colonize Nepal?
AMISH RAJ MULMI

News & Features

Natural Disaster
Death toll in South Asia monsoon flooding rises to 245
ASSOCIATED PRESS
American Politics
Armed militia, clergy, more unite against white nationalists
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Elections
Dalit leaders being excluded from senior local-government positions
The biggest group in Province 2, Dalits will occupy almost zero positions of power in...
THE RECORD
Geopolitics
A secret Nepal file and the battle for information
Filling a gap in the diplomatic history of Nepal from the Cold War days.
SAM COWAN

Interviews & Opinions

Economy
How two journalists broke Nepal's biggest tax scam story
THE RECORD
Writing

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Rebel with a cause
Lessons on living fearlessly from the writer Sulochana Manandhar Dhital
MUNA GURUNG
Gender

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Violence against women in Nepal is intensifying
SUSHILA KARKI
Labor

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Here's the one thing that brings radical change in Nepali women's lives: an income
ERISHA SUWAL

Arts & Culture

History
From the Shangri-la to a hippie paradise
A new book traces the history of Nepali tourism through encounters between Western travelers and...
ABHA LAL
Poetry
High on words
Spoken-word poetry is gaining ground in Nepal.
ASHMA GAUTAM AND PREETI A. KARNA
Classics on The Record

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Four Nepali short stories
Introduced and translated by Theodore Riccardi, Jr.
THE RECORD
Review
Lady-oriented cinema: A review of ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’
‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’ shows women’s desires without apology.
PUJA SEN