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The tangled web of debt

Neighbors and earthquake victims of Jaffe, VDC 3, in the Tamakoshi area of Dolakha, Astha Magar and Kumar Karki had just returned from a planned trip to Sindhuli. The purpose of their travel was to purchase the required raw materials to continue their houses’ reconstruction process. Both of them wer...
Jun 15, 2018
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An ode to their bikes

Bikers’ speak of the adventures, love, and friends their bikes have helped bring to their lives.
May 04, 2018
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The duality of Kathmandruids

His first book in Nepali, Pratyek Thhaun Pratyek Manchhe (Every Place Every Person) won the Sajha Purasakar in 1978. And now in his first English novel, Peter J. Karthak is seen tackling the greater Nepal of once upon a time as well as characters who survive from one conspiracy to another scandal to...
Apr 06, 2018
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Aiming to digitize waste management

To answer the question why, Aayushi K.C., founder and CEO of Khaalisisi, starts with a simple, “because trash is everywhere.” As many of us in the city have noticed as well, it’s a problem that hasn’t been curbed with the same old traditional means and system. What K.C. wants to bring to the field i...
Mar 30, 2018
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Never too young to manage your finances

Gaurav Thapa from FinLit Nepal talks about the 12 Lamjung schools where they engaged secondary and higher secondary school students in personal finance management workshops.
Mar 30, 2018
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The chariot men

Back when he was 12, Ratna Maharjan remembers smugly looking down the Seto Machindranath chariot’s nine-storey tower structure, hoping against hope that somebody down below had caught him in the act and was admiring his courage.
Mar 30, 2018
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First snow, shooting stars, and the Thorong La pass

May 30 is not only her birthday for 25-year-old, Dongaala, she shares she looks forward to it because it’s the time of the year she knows she will be on the road. Regardless of work or obligations, she has been making sure that is the case for the past three years now and her intention to continue t...
Mar 23, 2018
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Decoding dialects

Dialects make up a tiny portion of the Nepali classes at Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus. But even the one class that tends to be dedicated to the topic makes the professor, Dr Yagyneswor Niroula, excited. This is partly because he almost always has all the examples required to explain the concept to his c...
Mar 23, 2018
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Young bloods rising

As a central committee member at Bibeksheel Sajha Party, Subuna Basnet, 26, is taking wide strides in politics. She is part of the new wave of progressive and efficient potential government representatives.
Mar 09, 2018
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Discovering luxury skin care

A Nepali consumer’s beauty experience is slowly evolving. Even though a little more than five years ago, those seeking to improve the health of their skin used to mostly rely on regular facials or supplement capsules, today we can see that the skin care treatments around town have gone through a maj...
Mar 09, 2018