I could still be that 5-year-old boy looking out the window that was made up of bamboo sticks. As I would stare out at the dark sky, I had dreams in my eyes, wanting to fly high. But as soon as I ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Ethnic relations in Nepal today can be seen as the outcome of long-term processes of accommodation between local groups and a centralizing ...

KATHMANDU: Society for Inter-caste Marriage Protection Nepal (SIMPN) has drawn its serious concern over Rs. 60,000 fine slapped on the family of Amit BK of Jagannath VDC—6, Dailekh, for marrying an ...

If we are to become a truly inclusive society, we must face the issue of caste and social class head-on. Wilkerson illuminates our racial history by analogizing it to a social hierarchy that exists on ...

Despite provisions in the Constitution, there is still systemic descent-based discrimination against Dalits, especially women, a new report by Amnesty International has said. The report states that ...

Two years ago, Barsha, a 12-year-old girl living in the Pipara municipality of Nepal’s Mahottari district, was not going to school. Barsha belongs to the Dalit community, historically classified as ...