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Anjali Subedi

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Security forces personnel bag 32 golds in SAG

Published On: December 8, 2019 08:08 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

KATHMANDU, Dec 8: Bir Bahadur Mahara, who won a gold medal for Nepal, defeating  Pakistan’s Muhamad Faheem in Taekwondo in the ongoing South Asian Games (SAG), would probably be sweating it out  in the searing heat of some Gulf country now had he not joined the Nepal Police six years ago. Or he would have ended up like his elder brother, toiling away as a laborer in  some Indian town.

Shades of penury behind glitter of golds

Published On: December 5, 2019 08:47 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: The glittering lights and huge fanfare at Dasharath Stadium during the opening of the 13th South Asian Games on Sunday captivated many, including Sunita Maharjan, 26, but only for some time.

Durga Devi in digital violence maelstrom

Published On: November 28, 2019 02:19 PM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: The 16 days of activism against gender-based violence is currently unfolding in over 180 countries, and Durga Devi from a small village in western Nepal feels the connection as she has been at the receiving end for so long.

Collective efforts stressed for tackling poverty, conflict and global warming

Published On: November 20, 2019 08:22 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

PHNOM PENH (CAMBODIA), Nov 20: Leaders of different countries including Nepal, the Philippines, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Afghanistan on Tuesday stressed collective efforts to combat poverty, conflict and global warming as they spoke at the Asia Pacific Summit 2019.

Inspired by his father, man finds life's purpose

Published On: November 12, 2019 09:19 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

KATHMANDU, Nov 12: When she was undergoing first phase treatment at Kirtipur Hospital over a month ago following an acid attack, powerful messages of support from Bollywood big names like Amitabh Bachchan and Varun Dhawan kept 14-year-old Muskan Khatun going. There was also another person constantly on the phone to boost her spirits: Ujjwal Bikram Thapa. Thapa's life of compassion, kindness and selfless service is a story in itself .

Man dunking wife’s face in hot curry shocks even folks used to VAW

Published On: November 5, 2019 10:45 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

KATHMANDU, Nov 5: The names Asha Kumari and Ritulal are tattooed on the 32-year-old woman’s hand. Asha has been married to Ritulal Sada for 16 years and they have four kids. On Saturday afternoon, Ritulal dipped her face in boiling fish curry just because she was slow with his lunch. The face became swollen, the eyes puckered up and the burned skin turned black.

Muskan has lost her smile

Published On: October 23, 2019 07:07 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Brought to Kirtipur Hospital after suffering an acid attack a month and a half ago, Muskan Khatun, 14, is under the care of doctors and nurses full time. She is given painkillers and other medication to keep her calm. But she screams out intermittently in sheer agony. At other times also there is pain written all over her face. She is gradually losing weight and looks frail.

Series of ‘medical mistakes’ leave victims in agony

Published On: September 11, 2019 04:36 PM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

Kathmandu, Sept 11: Republica’s investigation has found that some of the senior and “well-known doctors” in Kathmandu’s biggest hospitals have shown massive lapse of judgment when handling sensitive medical cases. Sheer negligence of doctors at Grande International Hospital in Dhapasi, Kathmandu has resulted in a series of medical mishaps, leaving patients and their families entrenched in a spiral of financial and emotional issues.

Mental ill health a silent plague

Published On: June 13, 2019 07:00 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

After she posted the above stanza on her Facebook wall a year ago, friends reacted with encouraging comments, asking her to keep writing such beautiful verses.

Betrayed by activists

Published On: March 19, 2019 01:00 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

Rights activists, her husband and media have made life difficult for Durga Devi Panta, Nirmala’s mother

Nepal farmer woes worry agricultural students in Israel

Published On: February 27, 2019 08:22 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

KATHMANDU, Feb 27: When the news of a farmer named Puran Mahato from Chitwan destroying a ton of cabbage after failing to get more than two rupees per kg was making rounds last month, Nepali students studying agriculture in Israel were shattered. “Is agriculture really a dying industry in Nepal?” they wondered.

2 women adopted by Dutch reconnect to land of birth

Published On: December 29, 2018 07:06 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

KATHMANDU, Dec 29: She is a Dutch national, but people here tell her she looks like a Gurung woman. And no wonder, for Gita Pelinck has deep connections with Nepal.

Dear President

Published On: November 4, 2018 12:25 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

If you want to be taken and remembered as an arrogant and extravagant president, go on. But if you want to live in the people’s heart, then prove your worth by your deeds.

JUSTICE DENIED: How the state and human rights group "cheated" Ganga Maya's quest for justice

Published On: September 10, 2018 09:15 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: "Now I have no reason to remain alive, better they let me die and not intervene anymore. I had merely asked for justice but both human rights activists and the government always kept tricking me."

When justice dies

Published On: August 4, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

Adversities were severe. She was asking the disturbed, fragile state to bring her son’s murderers to book. Those who were in the government and were supposed to listen to her plea were not that clean and capable.

Dalit ward member dies after beating by paramour's children

Published On: June 6, 2018 06:30 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

KATHMANDU, June 6: She was fine until four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. What happened next took away her life. Ward member of Narahari Village Municipality - 9 in Kalikot, Mana Sarki was a mother of six, and she leaves behind a family devastated by their loss.

And I had to break your heart

Published On: June 4, 2018 10:05 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

Though you opened the door and took me in Though you chose for me the best flower from the garden

Delhi musings

Published On: April 8, 2018 02:00 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

Unless we grow in a real sense with solid infrastructures, home productions and competent systems our pride will remain hollow

Mr Mayor, do something

Published On: February 21, 2018 12:07 PM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

Bidya Sundar Shakya is wasting precious time. If you have occupied highly important position but do not feel obliged to deliver, it’s a crime

Marriage and morals

Published On: January 23, 2018 01:00 AM NPT By: Anjali Subedi

If one or both of the couple have to constantly struggle to keep the marriage intact, it means the bond is weak, it can break away anytime.