National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)

Can Nepal’s TRC Finally Bring Closure to its War Survivors?

By Renu Kshetry
The picture of Muktinath Adhikari, principal of Pandini Sanskrit Secondary School in the Lamjung district of west Nepal who was killed during the country’s decade-long civil conflict, became an iconic portrayal of the brutality of the bloody ‘People's War’.

Nepali Children in Dire Need of Mental Health Services

By Mallika Aryal
On the night of Aug. 14, 2014, 10-year-old Hari Karki woke up to his grandfather’s loud yelling in the family’s home in Paagma, a small village in east Nepal.

Child Trafficking Rampant in Underdeveloped Indian Villages

By K. S. Harikrishnan
In a country where well over half the population lives on less than two dollars a day, it takes a lot to shock people. The sight of desperate families traveling in search of money and food, whole communities defecating in the open, old women performing back-breaking labour, all this is simply part of life in India, home to 1.2 billion people.

Violence Casts Shadow Over ‘Himalayan Viagra’ Harvest in Nepal

By Naresh Newar
Intense competition during harvest season for a fungus dubbed ‘Himalayan Viagra’ – coveted for its legendary aphrodisiac qualities – has sparked violence in Nepal’s remote western mountains, causing concern among security officials here about the safety of more than 100,000 harvesters.


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