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Sunday, January 15, 2017

‘Tharu’ identity is part of a political agenda which does not necessarily correspond to the local reality – Gisele Krauskopff

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Gisele Krauskopff. Image from her Facebook page. Gisele Krauskopff , one of the first few researchers to conduct fieldwork in the Thar...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Valuable but neglected – some oil yielding plants from the southern plains of Nepal

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Some plants are valuable but neglected. And among those valuable but neglected are some of the oil yielding plants cultivated in the southe...
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Weave your own basket from kans and sikki grasses

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The sikki grass (vetiver grass - Chrysopogon zizanioides ), once found in abundance near water sources, has been vanishing and with it is ...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Have you heard about these medicinal plants from the southern plains of Nepal?

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Millions of medicinal and aromatic plants remain undiscovered, unknown and unused in our jungles and some even grow in our backyard. Most o...
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Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Try eating these native veggies before they become extinct

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I’m not a vegetarian but I love vegetables. And whenever I get to the southern plains of Nepal, I try to savour some of the native veggies....
Friday, November 18, 2016

Shama Chakeva – celebrating the brother-sister relationship in the southern plains of Nepal

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With the changing times, the festival celebrations are changing throughout the world. And so is the state of ancient festivals that are on ...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

The dying tradition of painting evil eyes on the door entrance in Dashami

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As Tharus embrace modernisation, many of their traditions are vanishing. And if not preserved on time, the young Tharus won’t even get to ...