In Nepal’s Chitwan National Park, elephants are now being used as walking guides in the jungle rather than as traditional – and cruel – tourist transport. To read this article, click on the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/jul/14/nepal-safari-camp-ends-elephant-back-tours-chitwan-national-park
2017
Climate Change Threatens ‘Himalayan Viagra’ Fungus, and a Way of Life
A Himalayan fungus used in Chinese medicine, which underpins the livelihoods of communities of harvesters in Nepal, is under the threat due to climate change. To read this Guardian article, please click on the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/26/climate-change-threatens-himalayan-viagra-fungus-and-a-way-of-life
Nepal-Tibet Border Reopens to Tourists after 2015 Earthquake
The famous Himalayan road from Lhasa to Kathmandu, partly destroyed by the earthquake, is back on the travel wishlist as the Kerung-Rasuwa border crossing reopens to international visitors. To read this Guardian travel article, please click on the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/sep/16/tibet-nepal-border-road-reopens-after-earthquake-kathmandu-lhasa
Obituary – Stewart McNab, former head of UNICEF in Nepal
Stewart McNab, who has died aged 69, was a former head of the children’s charity UNICEF in Nepal who was instrumental in a reduction of child mortality in the country. To read this Sunday Herald article further, please click on the link below: http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obituaries/15532883.Obituary___Stewart_McNab__former_head_of_UNICEF_in_Nepal/?ref=fbshr
A Young Birendra Arrives in Rome 1961
View historical footage at: https://www.facebook.com/OldphotoofNepal/videos/1451135655002461/
Nepal Floods: Elephants Deployed in Rescue Efforts
Dozens of elephants and rafts have been deployed to rescue nearly 500 people trapped by floods in a popular resort in southern Nepal, officials say. Several hotels in Sauraha, in Chitwan district, have been inundated, trapping the tourists, many of them foreigners. To read further click on the link below: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40917407
Remembering Not to Forget Toni Hagen
As he looks down at another nearly lost half-decade of development in Nepal, Toni Hagen must be shaking his head, To read further click on the link below: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40917407
Kanak Dixit on the Post-Development Era in Nepal
A donor downturn in Nepal comes as ‘development’ re-orients towards self-generated ‘progress’. To read further, click on the link below: http://nepalitimes.com/regular-columns/On-the-way-up/post-development-era,873
They Use Money to Promote Christianity: Nepal’s Battle for Souls
Critics allege that it is not just caste discrimination leading many Dalits in Nepal to turn away from Hindu beliefs and become Christians. To read further click on the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/aug/15/they-use-money-to-promote-christianity-nepal-battle-for-souls