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Aimai @aimaiami.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Holy shit this is the most evil thing I’ve ever heard of. Just so wrong. How on earth?

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Mahmud Rahman @mahmudwriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Very thorough, investigative story about a respected, famed Nepal scholar from the U.S. who stole historical treasures from Nepal. (I remember learning about one such respected man from the U.S. who stole in Bangladesh.)

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Roman Gautam @romangtm.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Out now! A new @himalsouthasian.bsky.social investigation by @artcrimeprof.bsky.social on how Mary Slusser, a renowned US scholar, made her name as an expert on Nepal’s heritage while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States. www.himalmag.com/mary-slusser...

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Mary Slusser’s secret loot of Nepal’s sacred art and heritage

A US scholar made her name as an expert on Nepal’s cultural heritage – while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States

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Himal Southasian @himalsouthasian.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

After anti-corruption Gen Z protests and a deadly uprising forced the prime minister and government to resign, #Nepal searches for a new politics that can jettison its failed establishment. Himal editor @romangtm.bsky.social writes from #Kathmandu #GenZprotestnepal buff.ly/5mxRifN

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Nepal’s horrific reckoning with its failed political class

Nepalis don’t often pay attention to the politics of their Southasian neighbours beyond India. But when Sri Lankans rose up in 2022 to boot out the Rajapaksa re

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Roman Gautam @romangtm.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

@himalmag.bsky.social investigation on Reliance+Ambani's huge wildlife project cited in new French report report raising more uncomfortable questions (links in thread). Good journalism makes a difference! Become a paying Himal supporter to help us keep going and growing: himalmag.com/support-himal

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