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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
Natural Disasters
Understanding Natural Disasters: a concise guide
A practical introduction to Natural Disasters and its place in public life, institutions and the choices shaping communities across Nepal.
1 min read
Wildlife
Wildlife in Nepal: what readers should know
A concise Nepal Digest briefing on Wildlife, with attention to public life, institutions and the choices shaping communities across Nepal.
1 min read
Roads
Why Roads matters now
An accessible guide to why Roads matters when considering public life, institutions and the choices shaping communities across Nepal.
1 min read
Infrastructure
Infrastructure in focus: people, ideas and change
A people-centred look at Infrastructure, explaining its connection to public life, institutions and the choices shaping communities across Nepal.
1 min read
Government Services
Understanding Government Services: a concise guide
A practical introduction to Government Services and its place in public life, institutions and the choices shaping communities across Nepal.
1 min read
Immigration
Immigration in Nepal: what readers should know
A concise Nepal Digest briefing on Immigration, with attention to public life, institutions and the choices shaping communities across Nepal.
1 min read
Communities
Why Communities matters now
An accessible guide to why Communities matters when considering public life, institutions and the choices shaping communities across Nepal.
1 min read
Community
Community in focus: people, ideas and change
A people-centred look at Community, explaining its connection to public life, institutions and the choices shaping communities across Nepal.
1 min read
Urban Development
Understanding Urban Development: a concise guide
A practical introduction to Urban Development and its place in public life, institutions and the choices shaping communities across Nepal.
1 min read
Telecom & Internet
Why Telecom & Internet matters now
An accessible guide to why Telecom & Internet matters when considering digital change, useful innovation and the consequences of new technology in Nepal.
1 min read