Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

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Souls of My City: Farmer forever

Published On: April 18, 2018 09:24 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

Theta Raj Subedi from Ramechhap is 76 years old. He has been healthy throughout his life. He never had a fever but his leg and stomach ache sometimes mainly because of his age.

Bisket and Sindur Jatras: Glimpses of two timeless festivals

Published On: April 17, 2018 08:23 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

Bisket and Sindur Jatras: Glimpses of two timeless festivals

Souls of My City: Being a father

Published On: April 15, 2018 10:28 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

Shyam Shrestha lost his father when he was 13 years old. Since then his mother took care of her eight children. “We were eight- six brothers and two daughters. I came to Kathmandu and worked hard at a hotel.

Souls of my city: Smile that speaks of sorrow

Published On: April 12, 2018 08:14 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

“The first day I started selling cucumber on the street, metropolitan guards chased me away and I went to the People’s Plaza [in Kathmandu]. There, I cut a cucumber and ate it.

Souls of my city: Staying strong at 73

Published On: April 10, 2018 09:06 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

“It has been more than two decades working as a street vendor around Dharahara area. Though Dharahara has turned into ruins, I am still working here and I love to watch people. My son does not like me working but it’s my work that keeps me engaged and absorbed. My work gives me a good night’s sleep which I would not get otherwise,” says 73-year-old Laxmi Chettri.

Souls of My City: Disability does not mean inability

Published On: April 8, 2018 09:42 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

“When I was in my early teens, about 13 or 14 years old, I got a fever and was diagnosed with typhoid. And that’s how I lost my vision,” said Resham Baram, 34-year-old, vendor from Gorkha.

Souls of my city: Harmony and support

Published On: April 5, 2018 08:57 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

“We live in a community. No matter how rich or poor, whatever caste and whichever religion, we must live in harmony and help each other in need,” said Sangita Khadgi, a 33-year-old shopkeeper at Bhotebahal, Kathmandu.

Gahana Khojne Jatra of Hadigaun

Published On: April 4, 2018 12:05 PM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

Tudaldevi Gahana Khojne Jatra (a festival to search for jewelry) is celebrated every year on Chaitra Shukla Ashtami according to the lunar calendar that was on March 25 this year. The festival is observed over several days, and the main event took place on April 1, Sunday.

Souls of my city: Meaningful Life

Published On: April 3, 2018 10:06 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

“Life is meaningful when you live your life doing no harm to anybody, when you respect people, have positive thoughts, and do not harm the environment because nature gives us life”, said Dhurba Pandey.

Souls of My City: Living a satisfied life

Published On: April 1, 2018 09:09 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

“I have spent more than half of my life here. I am 55 years old now,” said Shankar Shah, a fruit seller from Bihar, India, currently living in Kathmandu.

Souls of My City: Earn for yourself

Published On: March 29, 2018 10:00 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

“I don’t like children begging on the street. You can see children begging at the age when they are supposed to be reading books, learning and playing in a school.

Souls of my city: Idealist idol maker

Published On: March 27, 2018 11:10 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

“I am the eldest son in my family. I started taking care of myself and carrying loads when I was in Grade 4. When I reached Grade 9, I had already started providing a little support to my family. Now I work as idol maker and I send some money to my family,” said Raju Tamang, 21, from Nuwakot now residing at Kanibahal, Lalitpur.

Seto Machhindranath Chariot procession

Published On: March 27, 2018 10:54 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

Glimpses of Seto Machindranath Chariot

Souls of my city: Alms to sustain life

Published On: March 25, 2018 09:23 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

“One day our soul will leave this body, so it is worthless to have greed for materialistic pleasure. I do ask for money not because I am greedy for it but only to sustain the life that God has gifted me. It’s alright if people these days give money as alms instead of rice and vegetables.

Souls of My City: Music in my soul

Published On: March 22, 2018 10:23 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

“Satisfaction is the key to our happiness. And I am satisfied when I play music on my guitar,”

Souls of my city: Aim of becoming strong, independent girl

Published On: March 20, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

We live in a country where anyone can dream of becoming anything. From childhood, we are asked about our aims and dreams to be in future.

Souls of My City : I am a Nepali

Published On: March 18, 2018 09:19 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

If you ask many youngsters about politics most of them simply say “not interested in that”. But there are some like Bishal Rijal, 22, who argues that youths should join politics to change the country for the betterment.

Souls of My City: My real hero

Published On: March 15, 2018 09:21 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

“When I was a little kid, I used to ask my mother: everybody has a dad…is there my dad too? My father went to India when I was just a year old. We never saw him since then. My mother was the one and only person that we knew as our parent.

Souls of my city : Came home

Published On: March 13, 2018 09:39 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

Nepal witnesses the exodus of hundreds of citizens to foreign countries, either in search of better employment or higher studies. Narhari Timalsina, 42, from Pokhara owns a grocery shop at Samakhusi, Kathmandu.

Souls of My City: Friends in need

Published On: March 11, 2018 11:46 AM NPT By: Shahin Sunuwar Rasaili

“I started struggling with my vision when I was in sixth grade. I had a problem in my retina. It was fairly difficult when I first began reading in braille, but now the apps and all other technologies have made it easier.