POLITICS
NC meets to review three months old humiliating poll defeat
NC meets to review three months old humiliating poll defeat
KATHMANDU, Mar 22: Following the humiliating defeat in federal, provincial and local level elections three months ago, Nepali Congress met to understand reasons in the party’s central working committee meeting at Sanepa.
Mar 23, 2018
The Week
The art of coffee making
The art of coffee making
Most coffee lovers, no matter where they go, tend to seek out the best coffee shops to start their day. Coffee, for them, is not just a drink but an integral part of their lives. Likewise, for Manoz Shahi, training director at The Baristas Coffee School in Bagbazar, Kathmandu, the idea of getting fr...
Mar 23, 2018
WORLD
China regulator bans TV parodies amid content crackdown
China regulator bans TV parodies amid content crackdown
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Mar 23: China’s media regulator is cracking down on video spoofs, the official Xinhua new agency reported, amid an intensified crackdown on any content that is deemed to be in violation of socialist core values under President Xi Jinping.
Mar 23, 2018
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First snow, shooting stars, and the Thorong La pass
First snow, shooting stars, and the Thorong La pass
May 30 is not only her birthday for 25-year-old, Dongaala, she shares she looks forward to it because it’s the time of the year she knows she will be on the road. Regardless of work or obligations, she has been making sure that is the case for the past three years now and her intention to continue t...
Mar 23, 2018
The Week
Good Reads
Good Reads
The One Thing by Gary Keller, Find Your Why and Do We Not Bleed?
Mar 23, 2018
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Not so big fish in a big pond
Not so big fish in a big pond
Krishna Prasad Sigdel’s book reads like a primer on Nepal’s foreign policy and international affairs. It also deals with the country’s political, social and economic situation and environmental issues, sometimes going into considerable detail. As the author states in the preface, the book is an effo...
Mar 23, 2018
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Culture of competition and collaboration
Culture of competition and collaboration
Anne McGuinness is a Tibetan-American who grew up in Kathmandu. When McGuinsess was younger, the only place where she could play sports was at her school. Although she was extremely interested in games, there were very little opportunities for her to play elsewhere.
Mar 23, 2018
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Musical wonder
Musical wonder
Give a two-year-old a pair of drumsticks and you can be sure he won’t do anything more than create incessant noise with it. What you would never expect him to do is play the drums with it. But ten-year-old Utprem Jojiju has been performing in live stages since he was two, and that makes him the youn...
Mar 23, 2018
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Fun with fashion
Fun with fashion
Rhea Pradhan was looking for something to do in her free time post SLC and that’s when fashion blogging caught her fancy and she entered the blogging scene. This was back in 2011, and terms like digital influencers and vloggers were not a thing – even blogging was a relatively new scene. Pradhan hap...
Mar 23, 2018
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Caffeine caution
Caffeine caution
All over the world, March sees various women-related movements but not many know that this month is also the Caffeine Awareness Month. If you are someone who likes to start their day with a mug of steaming coffee, then the Caffeine Awareness Month is a great time to get the low down on exactly how m...
Mar 23, 2018