Deepak Adhikari is a Kathmandu-based freelance journalist. He covers sociopolitical issues in Nepal including human rights, environment, hydropower, tourism, trafficking and geopolitics. His work has appeared in Time magazine, The Caravan magazine, Al Jazeera English and others. From 2010 to 2014, he served as Nepal correspondent for the global news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Unable to harness its immense hydro potential and squeezed by a powerful neighbour, can Nepal find a way to provide reliable, clean energy to its most vulnerable citizens?