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Nepal Digest writer
Riya Gurung
Culture and diaspora writer
Riya writes about culture, migration and the connections Nepalis maintain across borders.
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About Riya Gurung
Riya Gurung writes about culture and the Nepali diaspora. She covers books, music, language, heritage and the personal negotiations that come with living between places and generations.
Her reporting pays close attention to creative work and everyday memory rather than treating culture as something fixed. Riya has interviewed artists and community organisers in Nepal, the Gulf, Europe and North America, tracing how ideas travel and return home.
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Articles by Riya Gurung
109 published articles
Creativity
Creativity in Nepal: what readers should know
A concise Nepal Digest briefing on Creativity, with attention to heritage, creative expression and the ways traditions continue to evolve.
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Languages
Why Languages matters now
An accessible guide to why Languages matters when considering heritage, creative expression and the ways traditions continue to evolve.
1 min read
Architecture
Architecture in focus: people, ideas and change
A people-centred look at Architecture, explaining its connection to heritage, creative expression and the ways traditions continue to evolve.
1 min read
Ethnic Communities
Understanding Ethnic Communities: a concise guide
A practical introduction to Ethnic Communities and its place in heritage, creative expression and the ways traditions continue to evolve.
1 min read
Literature
Literature in Nepal: what readers should know
A concise Nepal Digest briefing on Literature, with attention to heritage, creative expression and the ways traditions continue to evolve.
1 min read
Profiles
Why Profiles matters now
An accessible guide to why Profiles matters when considering the experience, ambitions and work of people across Nepal.
1 min read
Interviews
Interviews in focus: people, ideas and change
A people-centred look at Interviews, explaining its connection to the experience, ambitions and work of people across Nepal.
1 min read
Human Stories
Understanding Human Stories: a concise guide
A practical introduction to Human Stories and its place in the experience, ambitions and work of people across Nepal.
1 min read
Success Stories
Success Stories in Nepal: what readers should know
A concise Nepal Digest briefing on Success Stories, with attention to the experience, ambitions and work of people across Nepal.
1 min read
Athletes
Why Athletes matters now
An accessible guide to why Athletes matters when considering the experience, ambitions and work of people across Nepal.
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