Best out of waste

Published On: June 22, 2018 06:46 AM NPT By: Swasti Gautam

Bottle to Beads is a personal venture and an ethical business initiated by Marie Ange Sylvain Holmgren. This noble venture trains and empowers rural women of Nepal to produce beads made of recycled glasses.

Our foreign fixation

Published On: June 22, 2018 06:20 AM NPT By: Gunjan Upadhyay

The title above has little to do with our outbound labor migration to the Middle East or the hordes of students making their way to one of many foreign destinations advertised on the ugly hoarding boards currently defacing Putali Sadak. Whenever it suits us, we – and by that I mean the current government of the day and our public sector ecosystem – publicly engineer and manipulate a kind of paranoia when it comes to everything foreign.

Doing their best

Published On: June 15, 2018 10:44 AM NPT By: RENUKA KHATIWADA

As someone who commutes around town in a scooter, I was quick to blame the traffic police for all the chaos on the streets like I’m sure many of you invariably end up doing while out riding or driving. I was often guilty of lashing out at them too when they demanded to see my license or told me to stop because a VIP motorcade was on its way.

The tangled web of debt

Published On: June 15, 2018 09:40 AM NPT By: Priyanka Gurung

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 were keen to keep its momentum and, thus, had also pooled all their money.

Delhi delights: experiencing Delhi through its food

Published On: June 15, 2018 09:24 AM NPT By: Swasti Gautam

If you have ever been to Delhi in India, you know there are two things that one cannot afford to miss in this beautiful place – its rich heritage and its delicious mouth watering food. Delhi is the melting pot of various cultures and traditions and this makes the food culture of this city unique and intriguing.

Of road trips and life lessons

Published On: June 15, 2018 09:01 AM NPT By: Swasti Gautam

Roshan Bista prefers to travel on his bike. He believes that bikes offer the most intimate connection with people and landscape of the places he visits. For him, traveling is more than just going to new places, tasting new delicacies, and collecting new pictures for his Instagram feed. He expects to have a new bike adventure, make new friends, and learn from his experience every time he steps out of the house.

The one who didn’t back down

Published On: June 15, 2018 08:40 AM NPT By: Ashma Chhetri

Suraj Tamu’s family wanted him to join the British Army and thus carve out a future where everything was perfectly mapped out.

Amplifying the audio visual industry

Published On: June 15, 2018 08:32 AM NPT By: Anweiti Upadhyay

If you have seen the recent Nepali advertisements for Coke, you have probably appreciated the fact that Nepali ads are finally moving past cheesy dialogues and are being presented in a more sensible and creative way.

Beginner’s guide to Ketogenic diet

Published On: June 15, 2018 08:07 AM NPT By: The Week Bureau

In the recent times, Ketogenic diet or the Keto diet is becoming quite popular and gaining a lot of traction too among fitness enthusiasts. But since the internet is flooded with information about this apparently ‘miracle’ diet, it’s getting harder to decide how to go about it.

What’s on my phone with Karma Yangzen Lama Yolmo

Published On: June 15, 2018 07:58 AM NPT By: The Week Bureau

17-year-old Karma Yangzen Lama Yolmo’s covers of popular English and Nepali songs create quite the buzz on social media. As a Nepali Instagrammer and YouTuber, Yolmo has gathered over 20k followers on Instagram and more than 5k subscribers on her YouTube channel.