It’s easy to hook readers with romantic dramas and love stories but this book shines a spotlight on the relationship between a father and a son. I really enjoyed the way Sagar portrayed this dynamics throughout the whole novel. On a personal level, having lost my father as well, I felt it struck a chord. Also coincidentally, this story is also set from where I come from, the far western part of Nepal, so I could visualize the places and relate with the circumstances. I think it helped me enjoy the book on a different level.

Reecha Sharma currently finds herself amidst a hectic schedule for yet another movie release. Adha Love is set for a June 9 premiere and straight off the bat, she confesses that she is a sucker for romantic stories. This happens to be the case while picking books as well. She doesn’t hesitate to confess that her picks have included the likes of Twilight and a fair share of Nicholas Sparks as well.

You know you have a stellar resume, but you still didn’t get the job post the interview session. What went wrong? Is there anything that you could have done differently? And what are potential employers usually looking for? We spoke to two reputed businessmen to figure that out. Their candid answers might help you ace that next job interview that’s lined up.

Just like oil painting is a fine art in painting, contouring is considered a fine art in makeup. To put it simply, contouring is just playing with light and dark colors to enhance the areas of the face that naturally stand out. The idea behind it is to contour the places that would normally have shadows and highlight the places that would protrude. The Week talked to Rofina Singh, proprietor and beautician of Serene Salon of Hair and Beauty, Pulchowk, to learn the basics of how to rightly contour your face.

Baking at home is tricky because of the small oven that people generally have at home. There are chances that your cake can get burnt if you don’t take care of the temperature. Some ovens might not even be able to provide enough heat for deep dishes, so you can buy a couple of shallow cake trays of the same width and then assemble the cake together. Make sure that your batter is airy so that your sponge becomes light.

We all know what we should do to lose weight: Eat right and exercise. Knowing it is one thing but doing it is an entirely different ball game altogether. We all want to lose the jiggle but don’t want to blacklist our favorite eats, count every single calorie, or overdose on gym hours. I have been there. I was overweight but I lost more than 20 kilos. The good news, however, is that you can drop weight or maintain it without extreme dieting.

When Apple announced the iPod in 2001, its successes was largely tired to the iTunes store as well. Before such mass digitalization of music, people used to carry around bulky cassette players or compact disk players to satiate their portable music needs. While the iPod worked with digitalized music files that people used to rip off of musical compact disks, Apple made it even simpler by providing digital music files directly from the record companies themselves. This led to a revolution in the way digital musical content was being consumed, people started buying music directly from the iTunes store and transferring them to their iPods.

“I was born on the same day as King Birendra!” He would announce proudly during the heyday of monarchy. After struggling with asthma and lung failure, Thulba, as we fondly called him, passed away peacefully at 75 last Tuesday. Tika Dutta Ghimire was an ordinary man, humble and unknown to the world, to our family; he was a patriarch, and the keeper of our family traditions.

Back then is eight years ago and Astha* (name changed) was a 13-year-old eighth grader. She says she is unsure of her justification because even though she was a victim of emotional bullying by her peers at school, she is also well aware that she wasn’t the only one. They didn’t feel the need to hurt themselves but she did.

Living in an apartment, or in an older home with tiny rooms, can present a challenge bigger than just how to make your limited space seem larger.