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A shrub in impoverished Nepal now supplies the raw material for the bank notes used in Asia’s most sophisticated financial system Happy to report this heartwarming story from Ilam, eastern Nepal Alex Travelli New York Times World The New York Times Great pics by Uma Bista nytimes.com/2024/04/15/wor…

After a month of hard work by the facilitators and the participants, our workshop She is the Photographer has been completed. Thank you to our amazing mentors, Uma Bista and Sanjog Manandhar, for guiding our team through this journey. #sheisthestory #vowmediainitiative

Something i noticed Something that I observed

Fascinating story about Nepali men who joined the Russian military and then desert. One man bribed his commander $200 to let him leave. A good samaritan taxi driver drove him 15 hours (!) to Moscow, refusing payment for the ride, so he could fly back home. nytimes.com/2024/06/27/wor…

नेपालीको दुश्मन आफ्नै छाँया! Bhadra Sharma Jeffrey Gettleman नेपालको संसदमा सत्य बोल्दा स्याब्बास आउदैन तर सत्यलाई अलि समय लाग्ने रहेछ। nytimes.com/2024/06/27/wor… यूयोर्क टाइम्सको यो रिपोर्टको सानो सार पढ्न सुझाव दिन्छु। जुन बेला मैले संसदमा रुसी सेना नेपाली युवाहरू मरिरहेको सत्य

He didn’t have any documents. Or money. Or even a phone. He was wrapped in bandages and 2,500 miles from his village in the Himalayas. The New York Times nytimes.com/2024/06/27/wor…

यो पनौती नगरपालिका अन्तर्गत पर्ने बनेपा-पनौती सडक हो। हुनत यो पिच सडक नै हो। तर आजकल जतापनि डाँडाकाँडामा जथाभावी डोजर चलाउने कारणले यहाँपनि अलिकति पानी पर्‍यो कि लेदो बग्छ। त्यसले गर्दा बाटो यस्तो भएको हो। त्यसमाथि टिप्पर चलाउनेहरूको बुद्धि त्यही हो।

Congratulations to the 2024 Women Photograph mentees! We’re thrilled to welcome Juliana Yamada, Norkor Nortey, Agyeibea Asare-Boye, Iva Sidash, Kalena Burwell, and Angela Tozzi to this year’s program. Read more about them and this year’s program here: womenphotograph.com/mentorship-2024

If you told me 10 years ago Saudi Arabia would allow commercials like this, I would laugh and call you crazy. Despite all their issues, this is a monumental shift.

50+ passangers are missing after landslides swept away two buses in Chitwan. None has reached the accident site. In Kaski, seven people from a single family are burried under landslide. This happens hours before Nepal's parliament is set to elect new PM for next semister.

Photographer Uma Bista on male domination and encountering challenges on field #risingstrong #womeninphotography #careerchallenges

आज बिहान गण्डकी प्रदेशको बाग्लुङ जिल्लाको बडिगाड गाउँपालिका वडा नं ९ र १० मा आएको लेदो सहितको डरलाग्दो बाढि र पहिरोमा परि ८ जनाको मृत्यु भएको छ भने २ जना बेपत्ता र ४ जना घाइते भएका छन र ४ जनाको उद्धार गरिएको छ।

We want to express gratitude to everyone who attended the book launch of "A Symphony of Silent Stories." 🌼 Your presence made the event even more joyful, and the discussions regarding women in photography were truly impactful.  #sheisthestory

#SMSAler असोज १२,बिहान ८:३० बजे अविरल वर्षाका कारण कुलेखानी जलाशय भरिएपछि शनिबार बिहान ५:४० बजे ड्यामको ढोका आंशिक खोलिएकोले बागमती नदीको जलसतह थप बढ्ने हुंदा आज बेलुकीसम्मै बागमती नदी तटिय क्षेत्रमा थप सतर्कता अपनाउनुहुनका साथै सुरक्षित स्थानमा रहनुहुन अनुरोध छ। जल तथा मौसम विवि

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लार्चा सिन्धुपाल्चोक तातोपानि जानेबाटो पुल बगेको छ। 🥺🥺

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