SOCIETY
Ward chairperson arrested for allegedly stealing idols
Ward chairperson arrested for allegedly stealing idols
DOLPA, Jan 11: The ward chairperson of Dolpo Buddha rural municipality has been arrested for allegedly stealing idols from Rahap Gumba of She Phoksundo rural municipality-4.
Jan 11, 2019
The Week
Armed with a camera
Armed with a camera
Sabrina Dongol, 25, quit her job as an IT professional and started working as a freelance photographer. Photography, she says, came spontaneously. It was almost like second nature. But what started out as a mere hobby soon turned into a full-fledged career. Today, she takes on commissioned photograp...
Jan 11, 2019
My City, Gen-Next
My feelings
My feelings
We became friends. Time went on and we became closer to each other. Let's enter to the main thing I am writing about: love. I was falling in love with her. Every time she gets closer to me, I eventually feel the feelings more than before. Feelings, is that what we used to call love. But love is not...
Jan 11, 2019
The Week
Attires from around the world
Attires from around the world
Even today there are thousands of tribes across the world that live among themselves away from the rest of us. They fish, farm, make small governments to govern their populations and still live the indigenous life. Living the life that predates them by centuries, they have also retained their tribal...
Jan 11, 2019
My City, Entertainment
Jackson estate slams as 'pathetic' abuse claims in new documentary
Jackson estate slams as 'pathetic' abuse claims in new docum...
Michael Jackson’s estate on Thursday condemned on Thursday an upcoming documentary about alleged child sexual abuse by the late singer as another “outrageous and pathetic attempt” to cash in on his fame.
Jan 11, 2019
The Week
Good Reads
Good Reads
Becoming, Prisoners of Geography and Oneness With All Life
Jan 11, 2019
The Week
World’s coolest jobs
World’s coolest jobs
There are thousands of memes about Monday being the worst day of the week (for us Nepalis, it’s Sunday), because the weekend is over and most of us have to go to work, back to our not-so-satisfying, boring jobs. But what if on Monday you were scheduled to watch a movie, eat at a restaurant, or maybe...
Jan 11, 2019
The Week
Overcoming obstacles
Overcoming obstacles
KATHMANDU, Jan 11: 16-year-old Sushmita Limbu aspires to be a professional thangka painter. She lives in Bungamati and is one of the 60 children residing at the Disabled Services Association Nepal (DSA). Sushmita was born without the ability to speak or hear and was raised by her father until five y...
Jan 11, 2019
The Week
The art of comedy
The art of comedy
Shraddha Verma, a 23-year-old social worker, finds herself funny. According to her, that’s the most important thing for a stand-up comedian. You have to believe that you are incessantly and incredibly funny. “That’s when you have enough self-confidence to pull off a monologue amidst hundreds of peop...
Jan 11, 2019
The Week
In the wilderness
In the wilderness
Bijayabar Pradhan grew up in Thamel. And that meant he was more outdoors than indoors. Add to that the innate adventurer in him, Pradhan was never meant for the confines of walls. Along with his preference for the outdoors, Pradhan also had a knack for photography. He simply loved taking pictures. “...
Jan 11, 2019