We call it Jethmal in the Tharu language.” Among the medicinal plants in his backyard, a regularly used herb is locally known for its bitterness. Called “kalpnath” in Nepal’s southern plains, also ...

1. UP state government through this scheme would connect these villages inhabited by the population belonging to the Tharu tribe, mainly located on the International border of Nepal. 2.

(Photo courtesy: UP Forest Department) A Tharu tribe dominated village along the Indo-Nepal border here will be developed as a tourist destination under the Uttar Pradesh government’s “One ...

Critics of the bill say the divisions will further marginalize Nepal’s ethnic minorities like the Tharu and Madhesi communities. A clause that increases barriers to Nepali children automatically ...