Indigenous Commission urges govt to celebrate World Indigenous Day as a national event (kh 05/08/2024)

Are The Malla Kings Newar Or Thakuri?, by Gauri Pradhan (rn 19/07/2024)

Govt not doing enough for Chepang community, ‘the connoisseurs of nature’, by Pratyencha Koirala (rep 05/07/2024)

Chitwan and the legacy of Tharus, by Birendra Mahato (ae 25/06/2024)

Preserving Nepal’s Indigenous Communities : Assessing the Need for Expanded Protected Areas, by Sasha Sunuwar (kh 29/04/2024)

The Tharu story by the Tharu : Multimedia exhibition of Nepal's indigenous people told through their own voice (nt 29/03/2024)

Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities organizing Indigenous Cultural Fair in Chitwan (kh 03/03/2024)

Magar Unity Day being observed today (27/02/2024)

Chepangs without Chiuri and Chamero, by Binod Baral (ae 24/01/2024)

The Subcontinent's original people live on in Nepal : Tracing the origin and influence of Nepal's Uranw people who speak the country's only Dravidian language, by Sewa Bhattarai (nt 01/12/2023)

How did Kipat system encroach on the identity of Yakthung Limbu?, by Arjunbabu Mabuhang (kh 27/11/2023)

Exploring the duality of tradition and modernity : Kishor Sharma’s ‘Living in the Mist’ explores how the Rautes resist new ways of life, highlighting the complex relationship between photography, culture and the evolving socio-political landscape of Nepal, book review by Niranjan Kunwar (kp 28/10/2023)

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)

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