In the deeply rooted traditions of indigenous Tharu community, Bhalmansa or Badghar-village chief responsible for overseeing ...

Bhadai Tharu lives in Khata, Nepal, and has dedicated his life to protecting tigers — despite losing an eye to one. Now, he’s working to resolve human-wildlife conflict in the region.

Kathmandu, September 5. Sickle cell anaemia, a genetic disease caused by mutation of red blood cells mostly seen in the people of Tharu community in Nepal, has been seen in people from other ...

Members of Nepal’s Chepang community. Photo by Alex Dudley for Mongabay. ... will be saved for the next generation,” Sauraha resident and Tharu community activist Giridhari Chaudhary said.

The traditional healers from the Tharu indigenous community in Nepal with ethnobotanical knowledge are bound to disappear soon because of no interest from the young generation to continue the practice ...

Bhadai Tharu has more than just battle scars from the beloved tigers he is helping to conserve. In 2004 he was attacked while cutting grass in the community forest near his village. He lost an eye.

The Tharu made up 6.2% of Nepal’s population in the 2021 census in 2021, outnumbering other indigenous communities: the Tamang, Newa, Limbu and Gurung peoples. The rest of the country has just begun ...

Maghi Parba marks the arrival of a new calendar for the Tharu community from the South West of Nepal's Terai region on 1 Magh in the Nepali calendar. Arun Aryan Chaudhary, Public Relations Officer ...

Bhadai Tharu lives in Khata, Nepal, and has dedicated his life to protecting tigers — despite losing an eye to one. Now, he’s working to resolve human-wildlife conflict in the region.

Bhadai Tharu has more than just battle scars from the beloved tigers he is helping to conserve. In 2004 he was attacked while cutting grass in the community forest near his village. He lost an eye.