Nepal

There’s a buzz about your new book. Are you flattered or do the expectations of readers weigh you down? Author Manju Kapur (Courtesy the publisher) It is always nice to have one’s work rewarded by attention. And with The Gallery, it is no different. The only expectations I am aware of are the ones I have of myself; that each novel should be better than the one before. I am not sure this is happening, but this is the aim. It should not be formulaic. It should be a challenge to write; otherwise, I’ll get bored.…

A red panda named Paprika was introduced to her potential mate at the Greater Vancouver Zoo recently, as part of a conservation program for the endangered species. After being in quarantine since she arrived from the Toronto Zoo in December, the six-year-old red panda finally met her match, Arun, on Saturday. "I won't say that they are in love, but they are definitely enjoying being together," said Menita Prasad, director of animal care at the zoo. The hope is that the two will produce cubs as part of a species survival…

R SUKUMAR Books on Gaza, the global economy, space exploration, Twitter, surrealist art, Nepal’s feminist history, and memoirs that touch on caste prejudice and human trafficking all feature in the HT Editors’ collective list of great reads of the year. (Monica Gupta) A tale of survival that’s also an appreciation of life: The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff (HT PHOTO) About humankind and the wild and how one interacts with and shapes the other Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click…

I first saw a wall of photographs and text from The Public Life of Women: A Feminist Memory Project by the Nepal Picture Library at the India Art Fair, New Delhi, in 2020, and I thought immediately how important a book that contained this archive would prove to be. Three years later, an exhaustive yet comfortably-sized book has been published, holding an extraordinary visual archive of Nepal’s feminist history. The research for this began in 2018, aided by a Magnum Foundation grant. A visual archive of a…

Road rage is one of the biggest problems, be it in India or any other place on the globe. A lot of times, people get into fights for numerous reasons, and sometimes videos of such encounters come online. Recently, a video was shared online that showed a group of superbike riders from Nepal getting into a fight. These bikers got into a heated fight with a group of men who were traveling on the highway in their Mahindra Scorpio SUV. The entire sequence of their fight has been shared on YouTube. Superbike riders Fight…

Last Updated: December 07, 2023, 11:28 ISTGreaves Electric Mobility Launches Global Expansion With Flagship Showroom In Nepal. (Photo: Ampere)Ampere Electric has unveiled its flagship showroom in Teku, Kathmandu, marking the beginning of a series of outlets and dealerships planned across the nation.Greaves Electric Mobility Private Limited (GEMPL), the electric mobility arm of Greaves Cotton Limited, has taken a big step in its global expansion strategy by inaugurating its first showroom in Nepal.In collaboration with the…

Another country is banning TikTok, the ByteDance-owned short video behemoth with over one billion active users around the world. Nepal, which has a population of close to 30 million people, has banned TikTok. The decision, first reported by the New York Times, came shortly after the Himalayan country introduced a rule requiring social platforms to register with the local government. TikTok’s refusal to curb hate content was affecting “social harmony,” the report said, citing the Nepal…

Nepal banned TikTok citing concerns over the app's adverse impact on social harmony. Nepal is also setting some ground rules for social media platforms in the country, with a major. The government emphasised the need for these platforms to have representatives in Nepal to address user concerns…

Baato – “the path” in Nepali – is the extraordinary journey taken annually by villagers living in rural Nepal, as they transport huge bundles of medicinal herbs to the city of Dharan for sale. Following a tradition that has existed for more than a century, Mikma and her family cover a distance of 300 miles by foot over five arduous days. Wrapped around steep and rocky mountains, the trails are treacherous and gruelling, while the obstacles they face are more than physical: they have to deal with administrative hassle,…

Last Updated: July 12, 2023, 10:58 ISTFile photo of an Air India plane. (File Pic: PTI)Nepal national booked for abusing Air India crew and breaking lavatory door on Delhi-bound flight; incident adds to rising cases of unruly behavior onboard.In yet another distressing incident, a Nepal national has been booked by the Delhi Police for allegedly abusing Air India crew members, and damaging the lavatory door.This shocking incident occurred on a flight from Toronto to Delhi on Tuesday, leaving the airline staff deeply…