The driving forces of youth migration depend on a family's financial standing. Understanding it requires looking honestly at who is leaving, why, what they find when they get there, what they leave behind, and increasingly what happens when they try to come back.

The Sukumbasi crisis did not start in April 2026, and it will not be solved just by giving cash support. Since the 1990s, Nepal has created many commissions to address landlessness, but little has changed. All major political parties have promised land and resettlement to squatters during elections, but these promises were mostly ignored once they came into power.

Rajis are experts in fishing, boating, hunting, collecting honey, and edible plants. It is evident from the study that the endangered Raji ethnic tribe of Nepal have their own practices for living.

Raji tribe, known as Phan in Raji language, is one of the endangered indigenous ethnic groups of Nepal. Some scholars have mentioned them as Ban Manis, Ban Rawat, Ban Raja, Raji, and Raute.

The government promotes the highway as a “national pride” project to boost connectivity and economic growth, but locals say it was pushed forward without meaningful consultation and dismisses Indigenous rights and heritage.

Changing weather patterns threaten time-tested houses in Nepal village. Researchers link the housing challenges to changes in precipitation, including heavier snowfall, intense rainfall and “rain bombs,” which traditional flat-roofed mud houses aren’t designed to withstand.

Nepal’s government has granted a mining concession for what it calls the country’s biggest iron deposit in Jhumlabang, a remote farming community that could supply Nepal’s steel demand for years.

Tharus have several musical instruments that are used in their community. The musical instruments found are mainly percussion instruments that provide rhythm.