What an ancient devotional text means for the women of Nepal

I first heard the popular “Swasthani Vrata Katha” – a devotional text – recited in Sankhu, a village on the outskirts of ...

Balendra Shah to take oath as Nepal PM on Ram Navami after campaign launch in Janakpur: What the optics mean

Balendra Shah seems set to tick another box—a young Hindu leader in a Hindu-majority country, where Hinduism is free from ...
India West

Calls Grow In Nepal For Restoration Of Hindu State

KATHMANDU, (IANS) – Nepal is witnessing a growing call for the restoration of the Hindu state. The erstwhile Hindu state adopted a federal, secular, and democratic identity in 2008. The changes took ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Tens of thousands gather for Hindu festival at Nepal temple, with many lighting up marijuana joints

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered at a revered temple in Nepal’s capital on Wednesday to celebrate one of the country’s biggest religious festivals. In the Bankali ...
World Politics Review

Hindu Nationalism Is Gaining Traction in Nepal—With Help From India

Members of the Rashtriya Prajatantra Party demonstrate to demand the restoration of Nepal’s constitutional monarchy and Hindu state (Sipa photo by Prabin Ranabhat via AP Images). This emergence of ...

Path ahead for Nepal’s new leadership

After securing a historic mandate in Nepal’s polls, Balendra Shah and the RSP face the task of navigating the West Asia ...

Nepal's next PM Balendra Shah picks Ram Navami for oath after Janakpur campaign launch: What it signals

The move to repeatedly evoke the Ramayana symbolism has already sparked off much buzz on social media in the Hindu-majority ...