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Arts
A Nepali stand-up comic makes her New York debut
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TSERING D. GURUNG

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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
Elections
Cornered: Why Nepal’s women have lost in the local elections
THE RECORD
Geopolitics

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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
Education
Budhanilkantha School: The Center for Exclusion?
An alumna examines the culture of patriarchy at Nepal's elite boarding school.
SUBINA SHRESTHA

News & Features

American Politics
Armed militia, clergy, more unite against white nationalists
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Law
Nepal criminalises isolation of menstruating women
AFP
Profile
Born by a river
The story of a landless farmer living on the banks of Mechi
SHUBHANGA PANDEY
Security
Police brutality in the Himalaya
Three years since a traumatic night of violence in Dolpo, the community still awaits justice.
PHURWA GURUNG

Interviews & Opinions

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

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

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

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Cheated and silenced, the voters in the Terai will go to the polls with a heavy heart
ANURAG ACHARYA

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