Tharu tribals face higher rates of thalassemia (22-24%) and sickle cell anaemia (60%) than the general population, prompting a medical camp for 2 lakh people.

Prashanta Khanal, the founder of the food blog ‘Gundruk’, discusses his travels throughout the country while documenting ...

The Muslims living in Nepal are descendants of ancestors who migrated from different parts of South Asia to this Himalayan ...

That includes Tharu women in Nepal who have tattooed themselves with traditional ... Lha-Chyogu is the term for tattooing in the Newa community of Kathmandu Valley. It literally means 'writing on the ...

Dagaura is from the Tharu community, and a freed bonded labourer. She never went to school but learnt to read and write participating in an adult education program. Many community forests across Nepal ...

Tharu community observes as its New Year while the ... that such festival will have crucial roles in spreading the fame of Nepal after building a common identity of Nepalis by connecting our ...

For the Tharu community, particularly in the southern ... Similar fairs and rituals take place at other holy sites in both Nepal and India, including Prayag and Gangasagar. On this day, A grand ...

Laxmi Rana, now 22, grew up humming songs from her community but never imagined becoming a singer. After completing her SLC ...

Nepal’s Chitwan Valley, once a rhino haven protected by the Ranas’ hunting whims and malaria’s isolation, saw its fortunes flip. Pre-1950, roughly 1,000 rhinos thrived with minimal impact from the ...