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Dawa Yangzum Sherpa climbing in the Himalayas

Athletes

Dawa Yangzum Sherpa: The First Nepali Woman to Summit All 14 Eight-Thousanders

Two years after her historic Shishapangma summit, Dawa Yangzum Sherpa’s journey across all 14 eight-thousanders remains a landmark in Nepali mountaineering.

6 min read

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Entrepreneurs

Pranayna K.C.: From Corporate Leadership to Building Hivelaya

5 min read

Pasang Lama, Nepali-American entrepreneur

Profiles

Pasang Lama: From Nepali Immigrant to U.S. Entrepreneur

9 min read

Min Bahadur Bham at an international film festival

Profiles

Min Bahadur Bham: The Filmmaker Who Made Silence Speak

8 min read

CMR presenting a large Nepali meal in a restaurant setting

Creators

The Appetite as Performance: CMR ‘Bhatmara’ and Nepal’s Mukbang Boom

9 min read

Changemakers

A Culture in Strokes: How Sunita Dangol Helped Bring Ranjana Script Back Into Public Life

9 min read

Swarnim Wagle standing in a modern office

Economic Analysis

From Policy Rooms to the Finance Ministry: Swarnim Wagle and Nepal’s Search for Economic Reform

17 min read

Sudan Gurung seated in a Hami Nepal vest

Politics

From the Dance Floor to Singha Durbar: Sudan Gurung and Nepal’s Politics of Action

16 min read

Profiles

Beyond Miss Nepal: Shrinkhala Khatiwada’s Journey into Architecture and Urban Planning

16 min read

Bowls of momo dumplings illustrating food discovery; not a photograph of Mr Foodie Nepal

Profiles

When Food Became a Career: The Story of Mr Foodie Nepal

15 min read

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Dawa Yangzum Sherpa: The First Nepali Woman to Summit All 14 Eight-Thousanders

Latest Profiles

Pranayna K.C.: From Corporate Leadership to Building Hivelaya

Pasang Lama: From Nepali Immigrant to U.S. Entrepreneur

Min Bahadur Bham: The Filmmaker Who Made Silence Speak

The Appetite as Performance: CMR ‘Bhatmara’ and Nepal’s Mukbang Boom

A Culture in Strokes: How Sunita Dangol Helped Bring Ranjana Script Back Into Public Life

From Policy Rooms to the Finance Ministry: Swarnim Wagle and Nepal’s Search for Economic Reform

From the Dance Floor to Singha Durbar: Sudan Gurung and Nepal’s Politics of Action

Beyond Miss Nepal: Shrinkhala Khatiwada’s Journey into Architecture and Urban Planning

When Food Became a Career: The Story of Mr Foodie Nepal

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