At just 2 years old, Aryatara Shakya has been named Nepal's new Royal Kumari, a living goddess. What does this ancient ...

On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court’s decision to end race-conscious admission in higher education reverberated nationwide. Just two weeks later, the New York Times shed light on the preferential ...

A Hindu priest addresses Hindu activists during a protest near the Nepalese Constituent Assembly Hall during a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 5, 2015. On August 20, two locals from Dharan, a town ...

Despite outlawing the caste system in its 1990 constitution and banning discrimination against the lowest caste in a 2001 law, Nepal — 80 percent Hindu — remains a place where the concept of ...

Despite provisions in the Constitution, there is still systemic descent-based discrimination against Dalits, especially women, a new report by Amnesty International has said. The report states that ...

Buffalo 8 has secured distribution rights to 'Shakti,' the debut narrative feature from Nepali-American filmmaker Nani Sahra Walker.

Written and directed by the exceptionally talented Ava DuVernay, the film — a masterful adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s bestselling book “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents” — unflinchingly ...