The Week
First snow, shooting stars, and the Thorong La pass
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
The Week
Good Reads
Good Reads
The One Thing by Gary Keller, Find Your Why and Do We Not Bleed?
Mar 23, 2018
The Week
Not so big fish in a big pond
Not so big fish in a big pond
Krishna Prasad Sigdel’s book reads like a primer on Nepal’s foreign policy and international affairs. It also deals with the country’s political, social and economic situation and environmental issues, sometimes going into considerable detail. As the author states in the preface, the book is an effo...
Mar 23, 2018
The Week
Culture of competition and collaboration
Culture of competition and collaboration
Anne McGuinness is a Tibetan-American who grew up in Kathmandu. When McGuinsess was younger, the only place where she could play sports was at her school. Although she was extremely interested in games, there were very little opportunities for her to play elsewhere.
Mar 23, 2018
The Week
Musical wonder
Musical wonder
Give a two-year-old a pair of drumsticks and you can be sure he won’t do anything more than create incessant noise with it. What you would never expect him to do is play the drums with it. But ten-year-old Utprem Jojiju has been performing in live stages since he was two, and that makes him the youn...
Mar 23, 2018
The Week
Fun with fashion
Fun with fashion
Rhea Pradhan was looking for something to do in her free time post SLC and that’s when fashion blogging caught her fancy and she entered the blogging scene. This was back in 2011, and terms like digital influencers and vloggers were not a thing – even blogging was a relatively new scene. Pradhan hap...
Mar 23, 2018
The Week
Caffeine caution
Caffeine caution
All over the world, March sees various women-related movements but not many know that this month is also the Caffeine Awareness Month. If you are someone who likes to start their day with a mug of steaming coffee, then the Caffeine Awareness Month is a great time to get the low down on exactly how m...
Mar 23, 2018
The Week
Decoding dialects
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
The Week
The basics of event planning
The basics of event planning
Memorable parties or successful events do not just happen. It takes a lot of preparation, planning, and great teamwork to pull it off. Organizing an event might sound like an overwhelming task but with some basic ideas you can put together a stellar one, even if you are a novice in the world of even...
Mar 23, 2018
SOCIETY
3 killed in separate accidents
3 killed in separate accidents
KAILALI, March 23: At least 3 people died while 2 other sustained injuries yesterday in two different road accidents at Kailali. The accident took place while two bikes collided head-on at Ganeshpur, Lamki Chuwa Municipality-2. Two people travelling on the single bike were killed.
Mar 23, 2018