In Nepal, the caste hierarchy places Dalits at the lowest rung among Hindus — a social structure that is broadly adopted ...

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The Indra Jatra festival marks the end of the monsoon and rice farming season and signals the dawn of fall. It's celebrated ...

Hoteliers say the spring season kicked off well, but the monsoon proved disastrous and further dented the country’s already ...

Rainbow flags rippled in the wind as gay and lesbian couples walked down a makeshift aisle in Bangkok’s busy Siam shopping ...

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One fans her face, another presents her with a box of jewelry, and the third anoints her feet in a ‘sora singar’ wedding ... at least 40 Nepali and international artists. Outgoing Australian ...

Nepal, sandwiched between the Asian giants, however, has not been able to match the pace of its two neighbours in reducing extreme poverty despite notable progress since 1990. Using the previous ...

This story appears in the June 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. EDITOR’S NOTE This story went to press before the earthquake struck Nepal on April 25. The kumaris in the Kathmandu ...

The government has planned to celebrate the Constitution Day (national day), 2081 in a special manner with a variety of events for three ... of the Constitution of Nepal on Asoj 3, 2072 BS ...