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Articles by Anup Kaphle
It's a bird . it's a plane . it's the Indian ambassador's farewell tweets
Kathmandu, Oct. 3 -- For just over four years, Naveen Srivastava was among the most closely observed residents of Kathmandu. As the Indian ambassador to Nepal, journalists tracked his movements, rival envoys tracked his meetings, and every handshake was parsed for its meaning. When he wasn't inside the embassy, he would travel across the country, often on hiking trips. A Nepali diplomat who worked closely with him called him "a simple man" who preferred to not wear a suit and a tie.
It’s a bird … it’s a plane … it’s the Indian ambassador’s farewell tweets
Anup Kaphle & Anil Giri For just over four years, Naveen Srivastava was among the most closely observed residents of Kathmandu. As the Indian ambassador to Nepal, journalists tracked his movements, rival envoys tracked his meetings, and every handshake was parsed for its meaning. When he wasn’t inside the embassy, he would travel across the country, often on hiking trips.A Nepali diplomat who worked closely with him called him “a simple man” who preferred to not wear a suit and a tie.
The speech Nepal — and the world — had been waiting for
It was around 5 a.m. in Kathmandu on Friday when Prime Minister Balendra Shah stepped up to the General Assembly rostrum in New York. He was in his usual element: black dhaka topi and dark glasses he had been wearing since the election campaign. He was given 15 minutes to speak. Across Nepal and among the global diaspora, there was anticipation and a level of impatience about Shah’s speech. The impatience was for two reasons.
The floods keep coming. Nepal keeps starting over
Security personnel use drones and rubber boats during a joint search operation for missing persons in Chitwan. Photo: Nepal Photo Library KATHMANDU — When the flash flood tore through the Bhotekoshi corridor on August 26, it hit a road that had already been taken once. The stretch connecting Syaphrubesi to the Rasuwagadhi border crossing was rebuilt and reopened about a month after the July 2025 flood that destroyed the “friendship bridge” linking Nepal to China and killed at least eight people.
The floods keep coming. Nepal keeps starting over
Anup Kaphle When the flash flood tore through the Bhotekoshi corridor on August 26, it hit a road that had already been taken once. The stretch connecting Syaphrubesi to the Rasuwagadhi border crossing was rebuilt and reopened about a month after the July 2025 flood that destroyed the “friendship bridge” linking Nepal to China and killed at least eight people. That repair was the fast part.
The floods keep coming. Nepal keeps starting over
Kathmandu, Aug. 31 -- When the flash flood tore through the Bhotekoshi corridor on August 26, it hit a road that had already been taken once. The stretch connecting Syaphrubesi to the Rasuwagadhi border crossing was rebuilt and reopened about a month after the July 2025 flood that destroyed the "friendship bridge" linking Nepal to China and killed at least eight people. That repair was the fast part.
We’re changing how Kantipur is funded. Here’s what it means for you.
For 33 years, Kantipur has arrived at your doorstep and on your screen, carrying the stories that matter to Nepal — from the halls of Singha Durbar to the villages beyond the highway, from Kathmandu’s newsrooms to the diaspora communities that have made Nepal’s story a global one. That has never been free to produce. What has changed is how much longer we can keep pretending otherwise. We are making two changes, and we want to explain both plainly.
We're changing how Kantipur is funded. Here's what it means for you.
Nepal, Aug. 25 -- For 33 years, Kantipur has arrived at your doorstep and on your screen, carrying the stories that matter to Nepal - from the halls of Singha Durbar to the villages beyond the highway, from Kathmandu's newsrooms to the diaspora communities that have made Nepal's story a global one. That has never been free to produce. What has changed is how much longer we can keep pretending otherwise. We are making two changes, and we want to explain both plainly.
Nepal’s crackdown on businessmen can’t have it both ways
In early May, days after Shekhar Golchha was arrested, the Supreme Court found his detention illegal, explicitly citing the bypassing of due process. But within hours of his release, a team from the Central Investigation Bureau rearrested him on a separate insurance-fraud allegation. A CIB official told reporters the new case was entirely unrelated to the one the court had just thrown out. Last month, Golchha was released on bail for Rs10 million.
Nepal's crackdown on businessmen can't have it both ways
Kathmandu, Aug. 19 -- In early May, days after Shekhar Golchha was arrested, the Supreme Court found his detention illegal, explicitly citing the bypassing of due process. But within hours of his release, a team from the Central Investigation Bureau rearrested him on a separate insurance-fraud allegation. A CIB official told reporters the new case was entirely unrelated to the one the court had just thrown out. Last month, Golchha was released on bail for Rs10 million.
I left New York for Kathmandu. Did the egg crisis follow me?
Posted On: 2026-08-17 Posted By: Anup Kaphle Health & Lifestyle EKantipur.com Newspapers Nepal, Aug. 17 -- Earlier this year, I decided to move back to Nepal with the particular smugness of someone who thinks he no longer has to pay for exorbitant groceries. I'd left New York, where a dozen eggs had become more than a small financial event - screaming headlines in national publications about how eggs became a luxury or how to make an omelet without breaking the bank.
I left New York for Kathmandu. Did the egg crisis follow me?
Earlier this year, I decided to move back to Nepal with the particular smugness of someone who thinks he no longer has to pay for exorbitant groceries. I’d left New York, where a dozen eggs had become more than a small financial event — screaming headlines in national publications about how eggs became a luxury or how to make an omelet without breaking the bank. I’d gone from paying $4.35 for a baconeggandcheese to $8.17 at the same bodega on downtown Wall Street in a matter of months.
The parliament that cannot question its prime minister
Late night on Tuesday, India’s Congress MP Shashi Tharoor stood up in the Lok Sabha with nine minutes on the clock. The bill under debate was India’s anti-paper-leak law. Tharoor’s point was engaging and harder to dismiss: the country’s public examination system needs structural reform that prevents leaks, rather than relying only on harsher punishment once the damage is done. Right then his mic was cut and the House moved to other business. But it didn’t really matter.
The parliament that cannot question its prime minister
Posted On: 2026-07-31 Posted By: Anup Kaphle Health & Lifestyle National Education Technology Politics EKantipur.com Newspapers Nepal, July 31 -- Late night on Tuesday, India's Congress MP Shashi Tharoor stood up in the Lok Sabha with nine minutes on the clock. The bill under debate was India's anti-paper-leak law.
Nepal’s diplomacy of vibes finally meets reality
Columns Balendra Shah’s government spent 100 days performing sovereign equality with foreign envoys. Then someone had to actually go get an invitation. Prime Minister Balendra Shah and his adviser, Kumar Ben (Byanjankar) Post file photo bookmark Anup Kaphle For the first 100 days, it was a point of pride. Prime Minister Balendra Shah would not sit down one-on-one with foreign ambassadors — not India’s, not China’s, not even U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the region.
Nepal's diplomacy of vibes finally meets reality
Posted On: 2026-07-23 Posted By: Anup Kaphle Health & Lifestyle National Technology EKantipur.com Newspapers Nepal, July 23 -- For the first 100 days, it was a point of pride. Prime Minister Balendra Shah would not sit down one-on-one with foreign ambassadors - not India's, not China's, not even U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for the region.
Nepali voters have spoken. Is the media listening?
Posted On: 2026-05-06 Posted By: Anup Kaphle Health & Lifestyle Education Cities Real Estate & Construction EKantipur.com Nepal, May 6 -- In voting for the Rastriya Swatantra Party and giving them a thumping majority, Nepali voters did something remarkable: They didn't just change who governs, they issued clear instructions.
Without Fear or Favour UNWIND IN STYLE
In voting for the Rastriya Swatantra Party and giving them a thumping majority, Nepali voters did something remarkable: They didn't just change who governs, they issued clear instructions. After years of watching the same faces rotate through the same ministries while their lives remained stubbornly unchanged, citizens—led in spirit by a largely younger generation that took to the streets in September 2025—chose disruption over familiarity. They voted for accountability.
Anup Kaphle to step down as Rest of World’s Editor-in-Chief
When Sophie Schmidt offered me the opportunity to join Rest of World six years ago, I knew we were attempting something genuinely difficult: building a publication that could tell the story of technology’s impact on the majority of the world — the places left out of Silicon Valley’s self-portrait. It was the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, and technology was rapidly reshaping everyday life. What I hadn’t fully anticipated was how urgently the world would need exactly that kind of journalism.
Careem’s CEO wants to transform the ride-hailing giant into a “digital butler” for everyday life
Mudassir Sheikha likes to tell the story of Careem’s growth in chapters. The first began in 2012, when Sheikha and Magnus Olsson co-founded the company as a corporate car booking service in Dubai. Careem, which means “generous” in Arabic, quickly became a household name across the Middle East and North Africa. Its adaptation and understanding of cultural nuances helped it secure several rounds of funding, fueling expansion as a ride-hailing leader in the region.
Why one of the world’s major AI pioneers is betting big on Saudi Arabia
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With a long track record of groundbreaking research, outspoken opinions, and grand visions, Jürgen Schmidhuber is a unique figure in the artificial intelligence world — equal parts scientist and provocateur. Schmidhuber is widely recognized as one of the early trailblazers of deep learning and neural network research.
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Rest of World welcomes Niki Christoff to our Board of Directors
It is with great pleasure that we can share Niki Christoff is joining Rest of World’s Board of Directors. Niki is a Silicon Valley veteran, leading public policy and communications work at companies like Salesforce, Uber and Google before founding Christoff & Co, a Washington D.C.-based boutique consultancy. She is the Executive Director of a nonprofit focused on emerging technology and hosts a weekly podcast, Tech’ed Up, that breaks down what’s happening on the frontlines of tech.
Rest of World welcomes Duncan Clark to our Board of Directors
We are thrilled to announce that Duncan Clark has joined the Rest of World Board of Directors. Duncan is the Chairman of BDA, an investment advisory firm he founded in 1994. After four years at Morgan Stanley, Duncan has spent thirty years experience advising Western investors in the fastest-growing and most innovative technology firms in Asia. He wrote the essential book, “Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built,” after working closely with China’s internet pioneers.
Kinling Lo joins Rest of World as China Reporter
Rest of World is thrilled to announce that Kinling Lo will be joining Rest of World as a China Reporter. Lo will be working on our China desk, which includes Senior Reporter Viola Zhou and China Editor Joanna Chiu. Kinling was previously a correspondent covering diplomacy, macroeconomy, and tech policies for the South China Morning Post from Beijing. Kinling has spent most of her time in Hong Kong, where she was born and raised.
China is six months behind the U.S. on AI, the US has to move faster: Div Turakhia
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China is six months behind the U.S. on AI, the US has to move faster: Div Turakhia
Divyank Turakhia is a tech entrepreneur and investor based in Dubai. He has launched and sold a number of innovative companies, of which the most well-known is Media.net, which he founded in 2010 and sold to a Chinese consortium for $900 million six years later. Div is originally from India, where he grew up and started his entrepreneurial journey when he was just 14 years old.
China is six months behind the U.S. on AI, the US has to move faster: Div Turakhia
Gaming Now Desktop shortcuts for games throw me right back to 2002 Polygon - Zoë Hannah • 42m It’s 2002 and I’ve just unstuck my legs from the school bus seat, run through the front door and up the stairs using all four limbs, and rocketed into the computer room.
Nepal’s private equity industry is only just emerging, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel
Nidhaan Shrestha is the investment manager at True North Associates, a Kathmandu-based private equity and venture capital firm that has invested in 10 Nepali companies since 2017. The firm has managed two full exits and a partial exit. Shrestha was instrumental in leading investment into Foodmandu, one of Nepal’s first food delivery companies, which recently raised its series C round. How would you summarize the state of the private equity and venture capital (PEVC) sector in Nepal?
The African investor championing female founders on the continent
Eloho Omame co-founded FirstCheck Africa after spending three years as the founding managing director of Endeavor Nigeria. In addition to her work leading a group of startup founders on the continent, Omame is known for her commitment to gender and inclusion in the venture capital (VC) sector in Africa. Since its launch in 2021, FirstCheck Africa has grown into the leading early-stage fund for tech startups founded by women.
Nepal needs tech startups that can improve existing structures, says
Rumee Singh co-founded Rumsan four years ago with her husband, the startup’s CEO. Since its launch in 2018, the Kathmandu-based blockchain-focused company has supported and launched initiatives in education, finance, healthcare, and agriculture. Singh, who has a background in engineering, returned to Nepal after spending 13 years in the U.S., where she worked in corporate communication and financial literacy programs.
An early bet on Nepal was a long-term bet on South Asia, says F1Soft’s Biswas Dhakal
Biswas Dhakal is a Nepali entrepreneur and one of the early pioneers of digital financial services in the landlocked country, which is bordered by India and China. The fintech solutions developed by Dhakal and his team at F1Soft’s 12 units, including Fonepay and eSewa, are used by over 90% of the country’s banks, while the payment gateway pioneered by the company serves over 5 million people across Nepal. What are the biggest opportunities for fintech players in Nepal?
Why we need Rest of World
Growing up, my father allowed me to watch two 30-minute blocks of television per week, but only if I’d finished memorizing my multiplication tables first. I chose RoboCop, which helped me practice my English, and a weekly news show, which, in the mid-nineties, taught me about the war that was tearing apart a place called Bosnia and Herzegovina.
New year, new look
Homepages are hard. They have to make a good first impression on a new reader. They have to clearly display our tone and style. And, of course, they have to communicate our editorial voice. We weighed up all of this and so much more when building our new homepage, which we’re excited to roll out today. At Rest of World, we believe that everyone can benefit from having a broader global perspective, from those building technology to those using it.
The world through the lens of Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus
Pulitzer prize-winning photographer Anja Niedringhaus was shot and killed by an Afghan police officer while she was traveling with a reporter in Afghanistan's Khost province in a convoy with election workers. Reporter Kathy Gannon, who was wounded in the attack, is reported to be in stable condition.
Introducing our Visual Style Guide
Today, we make Rest of World’s Visual Style Guide public. We started establishing our visual style nearly a year ago – starting with our logo, then color, typography, and product design. Our style was captured through meetings and Slack messages, and as the design lead, I kept a lot of this in my head.
Sophie Schmidt on the Stack Overflow podcast
This week, our founder and CEO Sophie Schmidt joined Paul Ford and his co-hosts on the Stack Overflow podcast, a show that covers how software and code are reshaping our world. They discuss everything from Rest of World’s beginnings to building teams in a pandemic, and how Silicon Valley blindspots are limiting our understanding of technology’s true impact and opportunity in our hyper-connected global age.
12 foreign stories from 2012 we want you to read (again)
From the streets of Cairo to the Great Hall in Beijing, 2012 was a busy year for international news. The Washington Post also published a series of stories on the legacy of the war in Afghanistan, highlighting what the United States is leaving behind after a decade-long military presence in the country. Another series focused on the dramatically changing demographics in Mexico, a country also ravaged by a drug war and where the middle class is becoming the new majority.
A conversation with Anup Kaphle
Rest of World executive editor Anup Kaphle has an interview on Numlock, a daily newsletter that showcases below-the-radar news and stories, on the idea behind the creation of the publication, what’s unique about our editorial mission, and some of our favorite stories so far. Here’s a sample: Numlock: One story that I enjoyed was about South Korea and the folks there who are out of employment, out of education, out of that.
“تطبيقات المواعدة الإسلامية”: إعادة تخطيط للزواج دون الخروج على التقاليد؟
يبدو أن جيلاً جديداً من الشباب بات يعتمد على “تطبيقات التعارف الإسلامية”، المثيرة للجدل، للعثور على شريك، لكن من دون تجاهل العادات والتقاليد، بعدما طُوعت خوارزميات هذه التطبيقات بما يراعي العُرف ولا يتجاوز “القواعد الرسمية الصارمة” المعمول بها.
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घडीले विहानको ३ बजेर १३ मिनेट देखाइरहँदा रेडियो इन्स्पेक्टर अशोककुमार कम्प्यूटरतर्फ मोडिएका छन्। त्यहाँ देखिँदैगरेको दृश्यले उनको अनुहार अररो हुन्छ। ‘जुम’ गर्दै नजिकैबाट हेर्न खोज्छन्। एउटा अनधिकृत मोटर पन्टुन पुल काटेर आइरहेको छ। आज फेबु्रअरीको ९ तारिख हो। केहि दिनमै यहाँ हिन्दूहरुको वार्षिक ‘माघे संक्रान्ति मेला’ हुँदैछ जसमा एकै दिन दसौं लाख मानिसको ओइरो लाग्नेछ अनि यसपाला त्यसलाई नियन्त्रण गर्नका निम्ति एकिकृत कमाण्ड तथा नियन्त्रण केन्द्र (आइसीसीसी) परिचालनको दायित्व अशोक र उनको टोलीले नै...
Introducing the 2020 Rest of World Reporting Fellows
Rest of World was founded to tell the world’s best technology stories, particularly from places that are overlooked. We believe in the power of local perspectives, and our inaugural class of reporting fellows — hailing from Lahore, Johannesburg, Beirut, São Paulo, Beijing, and New York — will bring their impressive talents to bear as we expand our global coverage.
تحليل قَطْع الإنترنت
عبد العظيم حَسن ليس طويل القامة. صوته خافت. يتساقط شعره في طريقه نحو الصلع ويرتدي النظّارات، أمّا بِذلته فلونها بنّي داكن يُشبه لون طاولة اجتماعات تقليدية، تتدلى من على جسدهِ كما لو أنها قد استسلمت. يعمل عبد العظيم في الغالب مُحاميًا للشركات، ولكن من وقت لآخر، تتحوّل معاركه المهنية إلى حملات أخلاقية شَرِسة، مثل الحملة التي شنّها ليستعيد اتصاله بالإنترنت. يعيش حسن في الخرطوم، عاصِمة السُّودَان، حيث أطاحت أشهر من الاضطرابات السياسية بالنظام الديكتاتوري العام الماضي.
A blueprint for consolidating power: China exports Xi Jinping Thought to Nepal
China’s President Xi Jinping may be visiting Nepal next month, but his doctrine, widely known as Xi Jinping Thought, arrived a month earlier in Kathmandu, bundled as a two-day symposium for top leaders of the ruling party.
UK: London Mayor Boris Johnson "Struts His Funky Stuff"
Last week, London's new Mayor Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson made a pitch in support of the upcoming London Mela, a major festival celebrating British Asian arts and culture that some have called the "Asian Glastonbury." Speaking at the press launch for the festival, which will be held in early August, Johnson urged Londoners to "get on down" to the festival and "strut [their] funky stuff." He acknowledged that he had merely a "passing" acquaintance with bhangra and reminisced about his...
Editor's Note | The Kathmandu Post’s next chapter
Twenty-six years ago, when The Kathmandu Post published its first edition, the country was undergoing a political and cultural transition. Democracy had just been reinstated and Nepal was opening up, culturally, economically and politically.
Traditional recipes, without shortcuts
Because this dish features goat meat that’s long-cooked with dark spices, blackened goat is commonly referred to as “kaalo maasu” — Nepali for “black meat.” The dish is also known as “pakku.” In general, goat meat’s taste and cooking time vary depending on the age of the animal. For this recipe, ask the butcher to give you meat from the leg of a goat — preferably all from the same leg.
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