A hopelessly divided ruling party, an aggressive opposition cashing in on a disenfranchised citizenry. Neither have time to see which way the country is headed.

Hindus from worshipping at the temple, igniting renewed debate on why bona fide Hindus cannot enter Nepal's holiest of holies.

Tourism is good for the country. Strikes are bad for tourism. Ergo, strikes are bad for the country.

A caste struggle is on in the village of Melauli, and the Dalits are pitting their collective strength against an oppressive social order.

With Khetan-Modi Telestra having won the private mobile phone licence, maybe the backlog of 269,000 fixed lines in Nepal will finally be met.

Eastern spirituality and mysticism is omnipresent and seriously chic in the West. But psychologists suggest seeing a shrink instead.

This exhibition highlights the aberration so common in Nepali abstract art. In the name of abstraction, the unimaginable is passed off as art.

In this story lies the moral: those who taste of the delights of the Kathmandu Valley are forever blissfully enslaved.

Over the years, Nepal's spiritual and educational links with Banaras have been overshadowed by other destinations. But the bonds are still there.