Sense and insensitivity

December 29, 2019 11:33 am

I woke up with a sense of panic. Being a single parent meant my kids would starve if I got sick and I had been very unwell for few days. Then I saw my sixteen-year-old boy cooking in the kitchen. Sense of relief awash, I looked at my two-and-a-half- years-old toddler. She was already fed and changed. My sixteen-year-old son shouldn’t have to be a parent or a guardian to his half sister and his mum.

MOSCOW, Aug 4: US Secret Service has scolded the Guardian for "irresponsible and inaccurate" reporting on an alleged Russian spy at the US embassy in Moscow. Unfazed, the newspaper continued to spin the story calling it the 'tip of the iceberg.'

PARBAT, April 28: Education Secretary Khagaraj Baral has taken over the guardianship of a five – year – old child.

KATHMANDU, March 21: CPN (Maoist Center) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the late Girija Prasad Koirala is the guardian of all Nepali.

Guardian of the abandoned dead

October 27, 2017 07:05 am

Just as the police officer and the doctor at the morgue in Patan hospital in Lalitpur sign the official documents and finish their jobs, Binaya Jung Basnet steps up. Standing before the unclaimed dead bodies, he begins his work. For a little more than four years, Basnet has been their guardian. Sometimes he is alone, other times he brings along a couple volunteers, usually his friends and their goal is simple: Give the abandoned dead bodies a funeral service with the dignity they deserve.

KATHMANDU, April 17: British newspaper The Guardian has suggested the UK travelers visit Nepal as the country is cheaper than other traditional British destinations.