Author Archives: NepaliKuire
New Christian Solidarity Worldwide report: rights or religion?
Christian reports always make people nervous. Are they defending the right to religion or are they promoting the right to proselytise? It’s made worse in Nepal by the growing presence of evangelicals – many little older than children – travelling … Continue reading
Al Jazeera, Nepali sovereignty and Tibetan identity
This Al Jazeera documentary was a thoroughly good piece on Mustang and was presented by a (Hong Kong-ese?) journalist who previously covered the one-China policy. It’s surprising however that Thapa was unaware of the government’s legislative crackdown on Tibetans exercising … Continue reading
Parties agree Maoist integration, at expense of victims
It’s great news, unless you were a victim. If you were, then you would be looking at this and thinking that over the past few years your War Crimes Commission has been watered down into a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, … Continue reading
Dixit: Journalism’s important public service remit
Not sure I entirely agree with this on a global level; think about the exponential growth of Al Jazeera, for example. Experience says this is true about South Asia however – they’ve very much adopted the Fox News style that … Continue reading
100 Day Campaign against Caste Discrimination and Untouchability
This is a Hundred Day Campaign jointly organized by the National Dalit Commission NDC and the United Nations Human Rights Office in Nepal OHCHR-Nepal. On 16th September, the President of Nepal officially inaugurated the launch of the campaign and over … Continue reading
Cash grants for food incentivise birth registrations | Nepal | Children | Health & Nutrition
A cash grant programme to promote the purchase of nutritious food for children in the remote Karnali region of Mid-West Nepal increased birth registration by 300 percent in the past year, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The child … Continue reading
The Milky Way as seen in the Mardi Khola Valley
The Milky Way as seen in the Mardi Khola valley in the Himalayas, with clouds of galactic dust illuminated in red by young stars. Anton Jankovoy braved freezing temperatures for this shot during a trek in Nepal Photograph: Anton Jankovoy/ … Continue reading
Youth and drugs, Dharan
Child drug users in one of Nepal’s largest cities, Dharan, near the border with India, lack access to proper rehabilitation and social services, and those from lower caste families are especially vulnerable. “More than 50 percent of youth [in Dharan] … Continue reading
“S*x Gurung”, “Nepali prostit**ion”: top website searches
**edit 3/2/12: I have asterisk-ed the title of this in order to stop more people coming. It seems that such a title is exactly what people are looking for on google…** It makes us proud to have the internet when we learn such … Continue reading
News flash: Nepal is f***ed
We ran from the house, everybody thinking ‘this is it’. Days later, the epicentre remains cloaked in secret as the Nepali and Sikkimi governments show the world their complete ineptitude. NEPAL: Indian earthquake prompts “wake-up call” KATHMANDU, 19 September 2011 … Continue reading