KATHMANDU, Nov 28: The government has launched a social security scheme that multiple stakeholders have hailed as a 'milestone' in the country's labor relations and social protection for workers employed by the private sector.

They make music that you crave to hear when you are away from home. Their lyrics speak to you and seem to understand your emotions at each phase of life. The pioneer of blend folk melodies and groundbreaker of Nepali pop songs, Nepathya, is a band that has consistently been able to produce popular songs over the past 25 years. They have also creatively transformed Nepali music and, along the way, become an important socio-cultural force.

In one of those long melancholic nights of Sorah Sharddha this September, memories washed me down the stream of reverie