Life-and-Death Choices in a Himalayan Blizzard
By BHADRA SHARMA, ELLEN BARRY and RAJNEESH BHANDARI OCT. 16, 2014 KATMANDU, Nepal — Freezing, exhausted and blinded by snow, Yakov Megreli, an […]
Surviving the Mount Everest Avalanche/ NYT
BY Rajneesh Bhandari | Apr. 21, 2014 | 1:18 Kaji Sherpa is a climber who survived the avalanche Friday on Mount Everest. From a hospital […]
Last Minutes on Everest/ NYT
BY Vikram Singh, Rajneesh Bhandari and Taige Jensen | May. 9, 2014 | Footage captured minutes before April’s deadly Everest avalanche highlights the Sherpas’ pride […]
Nepal Mourns Everest Avalanche Victims/ NYT
Three days after an avalanche killed 13 Sherpas on Mount Everest, a funeral procession was held for six of them in Kathmandu. […]
Food Shortage in Shangri-La
Nepal’s Himalaya region has inspired mythology both ancient and modern, including the British author James Hilton’s novel “Lost Horizon,” which coined the […]
Bhutanese Refugees find new home in the US
Bhutan has long been celebrated as the nation that measures its gross national happiness. But it seems that not all of its […]
Women take multiple husbands in Nepal
In the remote hills of Humla in Nepal women have more than one husband. The older members of the Lama community says […]
In remote villages Nepalese women are coming to the fore/ IPSTV
In remote villages Nepalese women are coming to the fore from Rajneesh Bhandari on Vimeo. 22 Nov 2013 | by Rajneesh Bhandari […]
Advent of spring
Photo by : RAJNEESH BHANDARI APR 04 – Come mid-March every year and villages in Humla wake up in a jovial mood, […]
Autism and education
MAR 31 – Each student should have an individualised education plan, and only a joint parent-teacher effort can help autistic children learn […]
Tea-time tales
MAR 21 – It’s a foggy morning in Lalbandi, Sarlahi, and I need my morning tea. I’d thought about ordering a cup […]
Nepal Prison on the verge of Collapse
Prisons in Nepal are holding double the number of inmates they were built for. One of Nepal’s oldest prisons- Palpa prison is […]