At first sight, Thamel might look like a tourist hotspot or a red light district ... Dark Star of Kathmandu, helps readers rediscover this place as something much more than its public image, ...

A local resident, who also declined to give his name, said that Thamel was becoming notorious as Kathmandu's red-light and hard-drinking district. "It's very difficult for the women in my family ...

An estimated 1.5 million people have left Kathmandu for their home districts, leaving the streets in the city deserted. A woman poses for a photograph in Basantapur. A man in a mask in Thamel.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC ... The pedestrian signal remains green for 30 seconds while vehicles are halted at a red light. Once the cycle completes, the system can be reactivated ...

Growing up in Ware, Thamel followed sports through the familiar prism for Boston, dedicating the vast majority of fandom to the professional teams. “The Celtics, the Red Sox, the Patriots ...