Bibek’s Portfolio
HUFFINGTON POST
Brokeback Everest: Nepal’s film industry embraces gay romance (October 19, 2011)
THE NATIONAL (Foreign correspondent)
‘Super Sherpa’ sets record with 21st ascent of Everest, calls it a day (June 7, 2011)
Tribal art meets flower power in Nepal festival of body paint (April 26, 2011)
REPUBLICA SERIES
Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon 2010
Story 1: Pushkar wants to go back to his roots (May 21, 2010)
Story 2: Everest marathon preparations at peak (May 24, 2010)
Story3: Running from the Everest Base Camp (May 26, 2010)
Story 4: Working up to Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon (Published May 28, 2010; not updated online). This was a story about the mock race with details of the marathon. (May 28, 2010)
Story 5: Phurba Tamang takes the title again (May 29, 2010)
Maoist General Strike
Story 1: From all corners to the capital (May 2, 2010)
Story 2: Song & dance, revolutionary style (May 3, 2010)
Story 3: Keeping it cool, collected (May 4, 2010)
Story 4: Maoist strikers and their health ( Published May 5, 2010; not updated online). A story about the Maoist supporters who came to the capital for the mass protest and their health woes; most of them suffered from heat stroke and diarrhea.
Energy and climate change
Black carbon and glacial retreat (August 27, 2010)
Easy Alternatives: Harvesting rainwater in desiccated Kathmandu (July 2, 2010)
On the pedals: The latest fad for bicycles to go green (December 17, 2010)
Solar Power Potential (June 4, 2010)
Coverage from Kashmir (December 11, 2009)
REPUBLICA THE WEEK
Feature: Disabled students and education, the state of education for the disabled children in Nepal (September 9, 2011)
Feature: Raped Buddhist bhikchhuni awaits justice, follow-up and interview of the nun who was gang raped (August 26, 2011)
Feature: Road to Durban: The world needs more midwives than ever, a report from South Africa (June 24, 2011)
Feature: Forest fire fears, how Nepal is battling its forest fires, or not (June 3, 2011)
Feature: Faces of fistula, a women’s health issue often overlooked in Nepal (May 28, 2011)
News feature: Facebook gathers youth in Kathmandu calling for constitution (May 15, 2011)
Travel feature: Salyan: Sights and sounds (May 6, 2011)
Feature: Refining Love: An uncommon love story of a lesbian couple (March 25, 2011)
Feature: The Real Comrades: Female Community Health Volunteers for a better health care (March 18, 2011)
News: Adams conquers Youthmandu: Byran Adams live in Kathmandu (February 20, 2011)
Feature: Hispid Hare: Hopping out of view? (February 1,, 2011)
Special Edition 2010: Dear Bagmati: The dirty reality of Nepal’s holiest river (December 30, 2010)
Feature: The Somali Status in Nepal: The story of Somalian refugees in a worthless wait in Nepal (December 10, 2010)
Feature: Dial 102: Call NAS for ambulance: The country’s first emergency service (November 19, 2010)
Feature: Remembering Nepal’s conservation heroes: Tribute to the 16 heroes who were killed in a helicopter crash in 2007 (September 24, 2010)
Profile:Suman Shakya: Toasting to New Heights (July 30, 2010)
Feature: Bloody Shame: The National Blood Bank is dry! (July 23, 2010)
Profile: Anuradha Koirala for CNN Heroes (May 7, 2010)
Profile: From porter to reporter (April 9, 2010)
Feature: Nepal eyes on LGBT tourism (Feb 19, 2010)
Feature: Life and times in high Solu and Khumbu (February 5, 2010)
Q&A
Q&A with Vincent Fauveau, coordinator of the The State of the World’s Midwifery 2011: Delivering Health Saving Lives
Dr Nafis Sadik, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General: HIV / AIDS is a developmental issue (May 13, 2011)
Mustafa Quraishi: Up close with India’s Naxalites/Maoists (April 1, 2011)
Dr Kevin A Rushing: Sixty years of service by USAID/Nepal (February 18, 2011)
Dr Mingmar Gyelzen Sherpa: Telemedicine: Healthcare in times of high technology (March 17, 2010)
MAN’S WORLD, INDIA
Apa Sherpa: The Bradman of Everest (July 2010)
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
You can have more than one passion (April 10, 2009)
TCU DAILY SKIFF
News and Features
Hinduism turns former punk into spiritual monk
Bands, fans descend on Austin for SXSW festival
Musician swaps Hollywood for college life
Language barrier does not keep student from learning
Fort Worth Symphony director to join music school faculty
Reel Religion to bring film’s spiritual aspects to open forum
Reviews
Boyle’s ‘Millionaire’ an instant winner
Oasis’ new album stay true to its musical merit, but no classic
The Redwalls’ show worth every penny
Opinions
Obama represents change America has been striving for
Young leaders ignite change worldwide
Money not the only need of veteran students
Media help blend world culture
SOUTH ASIAN JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION FORUM (sajaforum.org)
A punch can kill-A family’s fight for justice
Conversation: Remarks by NYT’s Michael Golden and John Geddes
Q&A with Mehul Shah, director of Bollywood Beats
Q&A with 2008 Daniel Pearl Fellow Umar Cheema
Covering the Economy in a Time of Crisis
How Press Friendly is New Nepal?
GROUND REPORT
Fort Worth ISDs focus on bilingual education, help non-English speakers to succeed in school
Living with AIDS in the House of Hope
NORTH LAKE COLLEGE NEWS-REGISTER
Sisters aided by NLC’s Katrina tuition waiver, scholarship
