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    Himalayan headbangers: in the moshpit with the metalheads of Kathmandu

    Nepal’s police used to pick up metal fans and cut their hair or jail them. The country now has its own festival – but...

    Coke, crisps, convenience: how ads created a global junk food generation

    From Bangladesh to Britain, blanket exposure to promotional material for unhealthy foods is encouraging children to eat badly, new research claimsNepalese schoolgirl Prasiddhika Shrestha...

    Nepali girls still forced to sleep in menstruation huts, with sometimes fatal consequences

    A study finds 77 per cent of Nepalese girls are being banished to "menstruation huts", where they face extreme weather, animal attacks and sexual...

    Woman’s Death Prompts Nepal To Make First-Ever ‘Period Hut’ Arrest

    The country outlawed the tradition of chhaupadi in 2005. But it wasn't until last week that someone was arrested in connection with the practice. Written...

    After three ‘apocalyptic’ Delhi winters, I have an idea how the end of the world might look

    India is a video-journalist's dream but air pollution is off the scale and nothing ever goes to plan, so you need to embrace the...

    Nepal makes first ‘period hut’ arrest after woman dies during banned custom

    Police apprehend brother-in-law of Parwati Budha Rawat after 21-year-old is found dead in windowless hut in Accham districtA 21-year-old woman has died after spending...

    Ritual slaughter of thousands of animals in Hindu goddess’s name sparks outcry

    Despite animal rights groups condemning the large-scale killing, which takes place every five years at a temple in Bariyarpur, 150 kilometres south of Kathmandu,...

    Nepal animal sacrifice festival pits devotees against activists

    Gadhimai is known as ‘bloodiest festival of the world’ and is one of country’s most polarising traditionsTightly crushed together in an area about the...

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