A Chhaupadi or a Menstruation hut once was a part of Nepali culture. The idea of Chhaupadi was to isolate a woman or girl when she was on her menstrual cycle. It’s a small windowless hut that is secluded from the village. While first world countries would say this is an inhumane practice, many cultures in asian Countries use to… Read more »
NEW DELHI As China seeks to intensify engagement with Bhutan, a country it does not have diplomatic relations with, Chinese ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui is visiting Thimphu again, starting Tuesday. China’s Bhutan outreach poses a significant foreign policy challenge for India in the neighbourhood, not least because the new government in Thimphu is likely to look at Beijing more and… Read more »
Kukeldash Madrasah, a medieval madrasa in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (Shutterstock/File) Uzbekistan on Friday granted visa-free entry to citizens of 45 countries to boost tourism, which the government views as vital for economic growth. The countries benefiting from a 30-day visa waiver that went into force on Friday include the majority of European countries including Britain as well as Australia, Canada, Argentina… Read more »
Nepal has decided to resume talks with Bhutan to repatriate the remaining 6,500 Bhutanese refugees who are living in two camps in Jhapa. The initiative will be first in the last one and a half decades after the 15th round of ministerial-level talks with Thimphu failed in 2003. A Cabinet meeting on December 3 had decided to resume talks with… Read more »
A 21-year-old Nepali woman died of suffocation in a windowless “menstruation hut” after she lit a fire to keep warm, say police. Parwati Bogati was found when her mother-in-law went to check on her. “She was excited about the next day as her menstruation would end. Poor child closed her eyes forever,” Laxmi Bogati told the Kathmandu Post. The incident… Read more »