A
peek into the nomadic life of the Rautes : The
settlement on the riverbank of the Thamghat River is
home—albeit a temporary one—for around 141 individuals,
by Prakash Chandra Timilsena (kp 05/08/2023)
The
last of the Kusunda : Social exclusion by mainstream
society is driving this endangered ethnic group and its
unique language to extinction, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt 12/05/2023)
Call
for proper management of Raute community (kh
23/04/2023)
Chitwan’s
Bote people in a changing world : Little known fishing
community clings to life at the edge of the jungle,
by
Sravasti Ghosh Dastidar (nt 03/02/2023)
Lack
of care, alcoholism contributing to high infant
mortality in Raute community : In Karnali, almost half
the Rauti children die in infancy, according to the
provincial planning body, by Tripti Shahi (kp
14/01/2023)
Why
the Madheshi Commission removed Muslims and
Tharus from the list of Madheshis (rep
16/12/2022) [The Tharu
have identified themselves as a Janajati group
for decades. If the state respected this, the
Adivasi Janajati group would be the strongest
social group in the electoral law, for example,
with over 35 percent.]
At
the edge of tomorrow : Limbu sci-fi Ningwasum is a
powerful assertion of indigenous possibility, by
Mark Turin (nt 02/12/2022)
Sunaha
community calls for ethnic identity (kh 17/10/2022)
Raute
people gear up to celebrate Dashain (rep 02/10/2022)
Five
misconceptions about Rana Tharus : Rana Tharus from
Kailali and Kanchanpur are markedly different in terms
of language and socio-cultural practices from other
Tharus in the rest of Nepal, by Bikram Rana (rec
19/05/2022)
Kusunda
tribe demands integrated settlement, protection of their
nearly-extinct language (rep 06/05/2022)
National
Convention of Chepang Association kicks off (kh
18/03/2022)
Endangered
Bankariya tribe seeks permanent base, by Krishna
Saru Magar (ae 10/02/2022)
Rautes
agree to live in wooden houses, by Nagendra
Upadhyaya (rep 09/01/2022)
Bote
People's Hard Life Catching The Sun In Net, by
Persijs Muiznieks (rn 10/12/2021)
The
Uranw and their Karma festival, by Aishwarya Baidar
(rec 22/11/2021)
Coming
to one’s census : There is a reason why the number of
caste/ethnic groups went up from 60 in 1991 to 125 in
2011, by Deepak Thapa (kp 11/11/2021)
The
Dhimal art of weaving : Sixty-five-year-old Chandra Kala
Dhimal is one of the last few weavers from the
indigenous Dhimal community still keeping traditional
wooden weaving alive, by Aishwarya Baidar (rec
02/11/2021)
How
this group is reviving the storytelling culture of Newa
community : For the last three years, the group behind
Baakhan Nyane Waa has organised 18 in-person
storytelling sessions in the Valley and its adjacent
Newa towns, by Ankit Khadgi (kp 25/09/2021)
Chamero,
chiuri, and Chepangs : Bats, chiuri trees, and the
Chepang community make up a unique ecosystem in the
Chure region that is now coming under threat, by
Aditi Subba (rec 21/09/2021)
Archiving
Tamang community’s excluded historyVisual artist Subas
Tamang’s ongoing exhibition, ‘Kaiten : History, Memory
and Identity’ is an attempt to document the history of
the Tamang community, by Srizu Bajracharya (kp
16/09/2021)
Thakalis
: Who are they?, by Bishwo Gauchan (ht 12/08/2021)
The
fishing village and the stolen boat : They stole our
ghats. They stole our boats. They stole our rivers and
our fish. Crushers in our rivers, they even stole the
lands of our ancestors, by Raju Syangtan (rec
11/08/2021)
Forest
dwelling women blend sustainability and indigenous
handicrafts, by Aishwarya Baidar (rec 27/07/2021)
Karnali
province strives to mainstream Rautes : Under the policy
formulated by the Ministry of Social Development,
members of the community shall be provided a place to
settle permanently and issued citizenship certificates,
by Hik mat Bahadur Nepali (ae 22/07/2021)
Marginalized
Bankariya facing hard time without land and shelter
(kh 10/06/2021)
Life
on the move : Every year for three to four months,
people from the Bhote community migrate to the lowlands
with their sheep and goats to survive the bitterness of
winter, by Dinesh Regmi (kp 06/03/2021)
Badi
community continues sit-in (ht 04/03/2021)
Separate
committee to be formed for protection of Raute community,
by Nagendra Updadhyaya (rep 02/03/2021)
5
Myths about the Tharu : Clearing some common
misconceptions about the Tharu on their New Year on
Thursday, by Tom Robertson (nt 15/01/2021)
Rautes
Should Adapt To Change, by Parmeshwar Devkota (rn
08/11/2020)
Chitwan’s
Bote people in a changing world : Little known fishing
community clings to life at the edge of the jungle on
one side, and expanding human settlement on the other,
by Sravasti Ghosh Dastidar (nt 07/11/2020)
The
progressive weakening of the Janajati movement in Nepal,
by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 21/08/2020)
Rautes’
hope for homes dashed (ht 17/08/2020)
Nepal:
Authorities must stop ruthless evictions of Indigenous
peoples (Amnesty International 22/07/2020), Amnesty
International calls for halting forced eviction of
people from Chepang community in Chitwan (rep
22/07/2020), Amnesty
condemns enforced eviction of indigenous Chepang
families by Chitwan National Park authority: The rights
organisation has called on the authorities concerned to
hold the people accountable who set fire and razed down
the huts of the landless families (kp 22/07/2020), Amnesty
International calls for halt in eviction of Chepang
peoples (kh 22/07/2020), Amnesty
International Calls For Halt In Eviction Of Indigenous
Peoples (Sancharkarmi 22/07/2020), Amnesty
International calls for halt in eviction of indigenous
peoples (Ratopati 22/07/2020), ‘Halt
forced eviction of Chepang people’ (ht 22/07/2020)
Magar
community to get a museum in Tarakhola, Baglung (ht
17/07/2020)
In
Kathmandu, a community of enterprising Kashmiris
thrives: For decades, hundreds of Kashmiri Muslims have
come to Kathmandu and set up businesses that sell
artefacts representing their identity, by Tulsi
Rauniyar (kp 13/03/2020)
They
speak Nepal Bhasa and celebrate Ya:Mari Punhi. But
they’re not Newar: Maithil Brahmins came to Kathmandu
from Tirhut region 600 years ago, and have created their
own unique cultural identity, by Ankit Khadgi (kp
21/01/2020)
Sustaining
traditional justice with new rules: The close-knit
Santhal community is finally opening up to state
mechanisms, after a long history of discrimination,
by Binu Timsina (kp 17/12/2019)
Tracing
the origins of the Gurungs: New research findings on
Gurung genealogy will have definite repercussions on the
collective repositioning of various indigenous ethnic
communities, by Mahendra P. Lama (kp 27/11/2019)
Striking
out on their own: Recent events show that Rajbanshis are
as capable of organising themselves as any other group,
by Pramod Mishra (kp 24/10/2019)
Within
a decade, first Tharu museum in ruins: While the first
museum is struggling for funds for maintenance, the
provincial government is building a new museum at a cost
of 6.5 million rupees, by Devendra Basnet (rep
09/09/2019)
With
changing times, traditional Tharu baskets are dying out:
Although the art of weaving these traditional baskets
have been handed down generations, in recent years,
young people are refusing to take it up, by Ganesh
Chaudhary (kp 20/08/2019)
Living
with nomads: In the remote hills of Shayam in Upper
Mustang, the last region’s last nomadic yak herders
provide a glimpse into a lifestyle that’s fast
disappearing, by Tsering Ngodup Lama (kp 09/08/2019)
Ethnic
communities to hold a protest rally on World Indigenous
Peoples' Day: The indigenous nationalities say the state
is still reluctant to address their concerns of identify
and inclusion, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 09/08/2019)
In
Search Of Identity , by Prem Khatry (rn 26/06/2019)
Why
Newars are raging: Newars will not easily give up the
fight and will clearly protest until the badly drafted
Guthi Bill is completely scrapped or totally rewritten
in collaboration with Newar stakeholders, by Gérard
Toffin (rep 26/06/2019)
Chitwan
park’s new scheme for Bote folk, by Ramesh Kumar
Paudel (kp 07/03/2019)
Their
Queen
arrived as an exile. Today, hundreds of Sikhs call
Kathmandu home: Since the 50s, Sikhs have been building
roads and running transport business—all while feeding
the hungry, by Alisha Sijapati (kp 02/03/2019)
Breaking
with their tradition, Raute men take up jobs for money,
kids start stdying, by Nagendra Upadhyaya (rep
24/02/2019)
Tharu
women are taking role of community chief in Kailali,
by Ganesh Chaudhary (kp 15/02/2019)
Munda
tribe of Jhapa continues to live in privation and penury,
by Parwat Portel (kp 01/02/2019)
Rautes
part their ways on the basis of clan, by Nagendra
Upadhyay and Govinda KC (rep 10/10/2018)
For
Thamis, education is a luxury that is still beyond their
reach, by Manju Upreti (rep 17/09/2018)
The
sorry state of Majhis and Musahars, by Sabita
Shrestha (rep 16/09/2018)
Rautes
seek details of expenditure, by Govinda KC (rep
16/09/2018)
Chepangs
celebrate Nwagi: Chepang leaders stress conservation and
promotion of their culture, by Sabita Shrestha (rep
09/09/2018)
Hayu
community faces extinction threat, by Dilliram
Khatiwada (kp 04/09/2018)
Islamic
Community in Nepal, by Narad Bharadwaj (rn
17/08/2018)
Defining
our food culture: In embracing commercial global
cuisine, we are forgetting our own ethnic food culture,
by Prashanta Khanal (kp 12/08/2018)
Janajati
And Philosopy: Rays Of Hope, by Prem Khatry (kp
07/08/2018) [book review]
Chaudhary
urges indigenous community to join hands (ht
27/07/2018)
Hybrid
identities: Higher degree of liberalism regarding
inter-ethnic marriages nowadays is reflective of a
social change, by Deepak Thapa (kp 26/07/2018)
Nomadic
Rautes to get ID cards, by Jyoti Katuwal (kp
12/07/2018)
Dying
community of gold miners struggles for survival, by
Roshan Sedhai (rep 08/07/2018)
Oldest
Minority Group of East Nepal, by Prem Khatry (rn
19/06/2018)
Wisdom
of eating: Chepangs’ food habits, by Aruna Uprety
(ht 23/04/2018)
Cultural
Orientation for Saina Maina Tharu, by Prem Khatry
(rn 17/04/2018)
Glory
of
Newars: The cultural sites that the Newars created
eventually were owned by the larger community of
Nepalis. They got finally accepted by the world
community as world heritage sites, by Aditya Man
Shrestha (rep 12/04/2018)
Immersing
in Dura Culture, by Prem Khatry (rn 03/04/2018)
A
vanishing way of life: The Sonaha have been forced to
give up their worldview and way of life to “become like
us”, by Shradha Ghale (kp 27/03/2018)
Culture:
Management And Preservation, by Prem Khatry (rn
06/03/2018)
Tharu
museum displays historic pictures, paintings (kp
24/02/2018)
Sonahas
want to be categorised under indigenous or Janajati
group, by Kamal Panthi (kp 09/02/2018)
Chepangs
in dire need of relocation (ht 09/01/2018)
Preserving
Culture of Minorities, by Prem Khatry (rn
26/12/2017) [see part
2 (02/01/2018)]
‘Support
of all needed to promote Newari culture’ (ht
04/12/2017)
Public
holiday demanded (ht 03/11/2017)
SC
orders roads dept to leave Limbu sacred stones untouched
(rep 26/10/2017)
Categorisation
of
ethnic nationalities as minorities: On April 24, the
government published a notice on the Nepal Gazette
declaring 98 communities with population below 0.5
percent as minority groups, by Prithvi Man Shrestha
(kp 23/05/2017)
Tharu
communities
in Kailali worry their traditional rules will die out
(ht 18/05/2017)
Rautes
to
be granted citizenship (ht 19/04/2017)
Tharus
in
literature: The second Tharu lit fest put light on
various aspects of the community ranging from local
language to the Tharuhat protest, by Ganesh
Chaudhary (kp 06/04/2017)
Preserving
Cultures Of The Kiratis (I), by Prem Khatry (rn
28/03/2017) [see part
II (04/04/2017)
The
Darai People: Nationality Rising Again, by Prem
Khatry (rn 21/03/2017)
Our
first
nations: There are compelling evidence to suggest that
even before the Aryan and Mongoloid groups of people
stumbled upon this place, it was occupied by
Austroasiatic groups of people, by Abhinawa Devkota
(kp 18/03/2017)
Faguwa
fest
exhibits indigenous culture, by Bimal Khatiwada (kp
12/03/2017)
Tamu
Museum
opened after three years (ht 20/01/2017)
Inclusive
leadership
on the rise in Tharu villages: In Tharu communities, a
new leader is elected every year in the month of Magh,
by Tekendra Deuba (ht 18/01/2017)
Chepangs
seek
resettlement from famine-hit Brushbang (ht
12/12/2016)
Chepangs
sans
citizenship, by Pratap
Bista (kp
04/12/2016)
On-site
cultural
study conducted in Tokha (ht 26/11/2016)
Revisiting
Rautes:
The last of the nomads should be allowed to set the pace
of integration into Nepali society, by Mani Ram
Sharma (kp 26/07/2016)
Living
on
the edge: Chepangs do not own land, but face landslides
every monsoon, by Riwaj Rai (nt 08/07/2016)
Why
is
the dominant ethnicity preserving the status quo? I wish
the marginalised communities started to speak about
economic class in the same breath as ethnicity, by
Shreya Paudel (kp 16/04/2016)
How
to
braid two cultures together: Kathmandu Valley's
exemplary assimilation of generations of Newar Muslims,
by Seulki Lee (nt 18/03/2016)
5
day event for promoting Tharu identity in Chitwan, by
Chandni Hamal (rep 16/01/2016)
First
contact:
The Chepang people of Chitwan and their conversion to
Christianity; Ostracised by elites and fed up by the
government’s inaction, this impoverished community perhaps
found themselves easily influenced by Christ’s stories
relayed by people who brought them food and clothes,
by Niranjan Kunwar (kp 02/01/2016)
Chepangs’
struggle
for survival continues, by Kisan Sangit Nepali (rep
05/09/2015)
Rautes
visiting
govt offices for money ahead of festival, by Ram
Bahadur Kunwar (rep 05/09/2015)
Decoding
identities:
The projection of Nepalis in oppositional categories is a
partial depiction of reality, by Pranab Kharel and
Gaurab KC (kp 26/08/2015)
Poverty
deprives
Chepang women of basic needs, by Pawan Yadav and
Pratap Bista (kp 23/07/2015)
Jyapu
Ethnicity In Wings: Note From Lalitpur, by Prem
Khatry (rn 21/07/2015) [see part2
(01/09/2015)]
Quest
for
equality: Throughout South Asia, the ideology of
equality stemmed from religion before becoming a
political discourse, by Gérard Toffin (kp
10/07/2015)
The
Tamang
epicentre: The death toll from the earthquake been put
at 8,844 by now, with 3,012 of them members of the
Tamang community, by Santa Gaha Magar (nt
10/07/2015)
Photo
exhibition
on Kirat dresses (kp 24/06/2015)
Indigenous
people
raise issues for UN review (ht 22/03/2015)
Tough
life:
The Bote community has been stripped of their livelyhood,
by Ramesh Kumar Paudel (rep 13/03/2015)
It’s
a
hard-knock life for Chepangs, by Pratap Bista (kp
04/01/2015)
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