The mountaineering community in Nepal and worldwide lost one of its senior most ‘Icefall Doctor’ — the hardy Sherpas who set and maintain the safest path through Khumbu Icefall, the treacherous stretch leading to Mount Everest and neighbouring Lhotse and Nuptse peaks. Read more

Jumping off a cliff 1600 metres above sea level can be fun. If you are doing that from Sarangkot in Nepal, just above the tourist town of Pokhara, located some 200 km west of the country’s capital. Read more

In the end, it seems futile that so much time, energy and money got spent for something so ‘little’. Read more

One year is a long time in politics. Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai who completes one year in office next week would agree. Read more

Ten days after dissolution of Nepal’s Constituent Assembly, that was to give the country a new constitution, details of what transpired in the meetings among political heavyweights on that fateful night which led to breakdown of talks still remain hazy. Read more

As Nepal races to the May 27 deadline of giving itself a new constitution, there’s a positive note in the air with political parties who had been at loggerheads for four years reaching agreement on several contentious issues to complete the task on time. Read more

It’s spring again and time for fresh attempts by mountaineers and adventure enthusiasts from all over the world to reach the top of the world. And when one speaks of Mount Everest, records (of all sorts) and causes can never be far behind. Read more

I got my LPG cylinder refilled yesterday. Nothing significant, you would say. But it took two weeks of pleading and cajoling the local dealer and an extra payment to get something which should be available easily. Did I forget to mention wastage of time and stress? Read more

Nepal has not been involved in a war with any country since the one with East India Company and British forces in 1814-16. But for close to two centuries, brave Gorkha soldiers (or Gurkhas as they are known in the British Army) from Nepal have fought numerous wars for others. Read more

Unexpected results and surprises are part and parcel of studies and surveys, but sometimes they just reinforce the obvious. The recent report by Transparency International on corruption in daily lives and public opinion in South Asia belongs to the second category. Read more