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

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.)

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...

It's finally out! www.himalmag.com/mary-slusser...

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
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"Today #Nepal woke up to deep uncertainty. The feeling is the government had to answer for the 19 dead, that Oli and the old guard had to go," writes Himal EIC @romangtm.bsky.social about the #GenZprotests

@himalmag.bsky.social investigation on Reliance+Ambani's huge wildlife project cited in new French report report raising more uncomfortable questions (links in thread).

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