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Wonders of Nepalbhasha Literature Festival (Nepalbhasha Sahi ...
It must be around two years and a half I was in Nepal (that is, Khas language) Literary Festival, and I was not only overwhelmed by the craze of the youngsters to their mother language literature but I was jealous also. I was thinking why people of my community were not interested to preserve their language and read literature in their mother language? Helpless and restless, I jotted ...
Long-distance Dashain
“This is such ...
Living through Uncertainty
It can be difficult at times to admit that you are scared. In fact, scared is the last thing you want to be. You want to be strong, happy, excited, or anything except scared. But, I am. I admit that I am scared when I think about ...
On the road with Word Warriors
On the road with Word Warriors ...
Things Left Unsaid: Experiencing CP
I walked at the age of three after tough treatment and then I went to live with my parents. I went to school and dad always told me that it was one of the greatest gut wrenching moments of his life to see his little ...
EARTHQUAKE!!!! What’s So Funny?
There's nothing inherently funny about the earthquake, true. Lots of people lost their lives and countless people were left homeless. But the worst has passed, and we need to bounce back. Not feeling guilty about laughing at jokes is the first step to a brighter ...
Kathmandu: Back on its feet
There were several anticipations that another deadly quake would turn the entire Kathmandu into rubbles and the casualties will exceed may be more than 100,000. It would leave Kathmandu with severe wounds that will take many years to heal. History suggests that even the developed ...
We Will Bounce Back
Britain woke up to an already gloomy Saturday of April 25th, when the news of an earthquake had already made way into the social media profiles of those having friends and family in Nepal. Until the mention of 7.6 ...
Rest in Peace Hughesy
“We must dig in and get through to tea. And we must play on. So rest in peace my little brother. I'll see you out in the middle,” a teary-eyed Australian cricket team skipper Michael Clarke concludes as he gives a moving eulogy at the ...
Delusions And Dilemmas – What After SLC?
Each year when the month of Asadh drops by, SLC results becomes a hot topic for every chiya guff. There are TV channels doing special discussions with educational pundits, relatives asking the students whether they are going to pass with flying colours and colleges taking ...
Clubbing For Concordia: Youth in Nepali Society
The youth should be taken as a next generation of political leadership. Today's problems are not the result of the youth's mistakes, so there is no reason to label them unsuccessful. However, the youth do not have the luxury to stay out of social debates, ...
Questioning, Not Answering : Photo-Journalism
Visually, it may be interesting to observe the situation from a distance, but to engage your readers you have to get close to your subject. And it’s always your responsibility to respect your subject. Before pointing the camera in anyone’s face, first we have to ...
Bridging The Barriers: Nimitta & Dan
There are perceptions that when you settle down with someone from a different country, you are giving up your own culture. But I think it’s taking a part of your culture and planting the root together, whoever you are with.
Future Factory: Yantra Karkhana
The performance of Nepali teams in South Asian competitions is satisfactory. Yet there is a lot of room for improvement. We need to inspire the new generation and teach them necessary skills to invent. This is where Yantra Karkhana comes in. The value of competitions ...
Youth In Politics – Being Political IS Sexy!
In this election, the youth overthrew extremist ideologies, displaced ethnic identity based federalism, and gave power to the political centre left and centre right. The next time I hear that Nepali youth are “not interested” in politics, I am going to fire these statistics!
Mirror Mirror On The Wall
I have to start this post by stating that I am a normal girl with a healthy weight and BMI who loves to cook and eat healthy food most of the times. However, I have days when I look at the mirror and don’t like what ...
Study Permit to Canada; Before, During and After
Given some best universities in the world, prospective job market, good health care, ease in attainment of permanent residency, and many more, Canada has been the destination to a lot of students, workers and families in the past few years. However, due to lack of ...
The Desert Race
The migrant labourers are taking risks and providing for the nation on their own, where the government has failed them. The government should not be focused solely on milking remittance, which has come to be an important pillar of the national economy. It must promote ...
Aayu Droña Sutey (आयु द्रोण सुते)
Who wrote this shloka? In which epic or manual can it be found? Since when has it been used in Nepal? Since when has it been associated with Dashain?
Living In The West With Values Of The East
Having lived outside the country for more than decade now, I know how wrong my thoughts were. These days, I miss our culture, tradition, rituals and values that I used to ignore before. Not only do I miss it, I actually want to be a ...
Life in London : From Jerusha’s Journal
For everyone that has asked me what my life in London has been like and is ready to put up with my verbosity, here is my personalized London experience so far.
All Kinds of Fathers!
When we think of father, we get an image of a person who we (most of us) identify as an icon of strength and character, who we relate half of our being with. As much as we look up to our mother for half our ...
Estudiando en España (Studying in Spain)
Barsha Paudel got her graduate studies in Economics from Spain. And ever since, she has constantly been fascinated by the Spanish language that she recently started taking the language course in Nepal. But, on a sad note, as a side effect of constant exposure to excessive ...
An Alien’s Perspective…
The second thought could not suppress the first one and the first one could not completely overpower the second one. These two thought played with each other as I landed from one plane and boarded the next.