The Week
Pitch perfect
Pitch perfect
Sandeep Lamichhane, the captain of the Nepali team in the Under-19 ICC World Cup Asian Qualifiers, 2017, recently went to Australia on an invitation of Aussie Legend Michael Clarke to play for the Sydney based Western Suburbs District Cricket Club. At 16, this is probably the biggest achievement for...
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
Where beauty meets talent
Where beauty meets talent
With courage in her words and confidence in her walk, Malina Joshi had proudly represented Nepal in Miss World 2011 after winning the title of Miss Nepal the same year. As an actor too she quickly proved to be versatile and talented. Her impressive performances in movies like Ritu and Jhumkee quickl...
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
The teacher with a purpose
The teacher with a purpose
The concept of ‘Education for all’ seemed like a predetermined battle for visually impaired students. But in 1964, Laboratory Higher Secondary School in Kirtipur introduced the Braille system, a tactile writing and reading style for visually impaired people, under the supervision and guidance of Fat...
Aug 11, 2017
POLITICS
RJPN agrees to partake in the third-phase local level elections
RJPN agrees to partake in the third-phase local level electi...
KATHMANDU, August 11: Rastriya Janata Party Nepal(RJPN) has agreed to partake in the third-phase local level elections at the meeting with the two major ruling parties-Nepali Congress and CPN(Maoist Center) held today at the capital city.
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
Of smiles and laughter
Of smiles and laughter
Hari Bansha Acharya is a name every household is familiar with, but if you mistook this versatile man as just a comedian then you must get reacquainted with the man once more. As an actor, comedian, singer, writer, and an inseparable part of the MaHa Jodi, Acharya’s works are gems that we just can’...
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
The daughter of God
The daughter of God
Horse-carts with people squashed like sardines are hurtling along the village track, billowing dust everywhere. The mercury is rising. Little children in uniform are hurrying to school, clutching their schoolbooks.
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
On the battleground
On the battleground
Commuting in Kathmandu is the stuff of nightmares. I don’t drive regularly but when I do, I yell, I shout, I throw mean glances at other drivers, and I refuse to let other vehicles overtake me when there is a jam, and traffic in Kathmandu almost always feels like a jam. When I’m driving, I’m grippin...
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
Nepal’s healer
Nepal’s healer
I struggle to come up the name of another person who even remotely resembles Dr Govinda KC. He has repeatedly put his life on the line for the betterment of his society. But haven’t there been others before him who too wagered their lives for similar causes? Yes there have been some. Yet these peopl...
Aug 11, 2017
The Week
Selling dreams
Selling dreams
Safal Niraula, caught up in stories spun by a consultancy and college recruiters, applied to Southern Illinois University, where he will attend this fall. Instead of excitement though, when he realized the school wasn’t as it was marketed to be, he felt cheated. “I feel like a victim,” he said.
Aug 11, 2017
SOCIETY, SPECIAL, Republica Watch
‘The government should demolish all illegal structures around Fewa Lake without delay’
‘The government should demolish all illegal structures aroun...
Various studies show that locals have encroached upon Fewa Lake, but the government has not taken any measure to save the lake. Physical structures have already been built on the encroached area of the lake. Republica’s Pokhara correspondent Santosh Pokharel interviewed key stakeholders in Pokhara a...
Aug 11, 2017