The Week
Life in Basantapur
Life in Basantapur
A quite oasis amidst the rush of the city, this place projects a beautiful intermingling of the ancient culture and the modern way of living. Kathmandu Durbar Square or Basantapur Durbar Chetra is located at the center of the city and is one of the three royal palaces (Durbar Square) in the Kathmand...
Jul 14, 2017
The Week
Weekend fun
Weekend fun
It’s Friday – that time of the week when you start looking forward to relax and unwind. But aren’t you tired of doing the same thing weekend after weekend? How about doing something meaningful and fun at the same time to make sure you are completely recharged when you head to work when the weekend i...
Jul 14, 2017
The Week
Dine and dash
Dine and dash
The Workshop Eatery was opened in 2015 by food enthusiasts who have worked in the food industry in both United Kingdom and Australia. They wanted to start a burger trend and then, looking at the American expats in the city, introduced tex-mex food instead which is an American take on Mexican food. L...
Jul 14, 2017
The Week
More on Muay Thai
More on Muay Thai
You might be surprised but it is actually very easy to stick to your six-month-old New Year fitness resolution once you find an exercise plan that excites you. Having understood this, it seems Gymkhana at Dharapati, Maharajgunj is seeking to help people with just that. To amp up the valley denizens’...
Jul 14, 2017
The Week
For a healthy smile
For a healthy smile
Toothache, bleeding gums, and sensitivity are a few common problems that most of us battle with on a regular basis. Experts say that these problems occur when we don’t brush our teeth properly. The Week’s Swasti Gautam spoke to Prof. Dr B.K Shrestha, head of the department of Dentistry, Tribhuvan Un...
Jul 14, 2017
The Week
From your President (With love)
From your President (With love)
It has been brought to my attention that a lot of you ‘common’folks are getting worked up over my request to acquire a brand spanking new set of wheels to upgrade my motorcade. My demands have been labelled ‘un-presidented’(and here I was thinking this word only applied to Donald Trump), and many of...
Jul 14, 2017
The Week
By Google’s grace
By Google’s grace
Back in school I used to love those light abridged classics, short and sweet, just the way I fancied them in my early teens. It was then that I discovered HG Wells and his time-travel machine and I wanted to immediately take it for a ride, racing back to the time of Prithvi Narayan Shah and founding...
Jul 14, 2017
The Week
Power corrupts
Power corrupts
The egotistic decisions of our politicians without careful deliberation of issues at hand have always helped in facilitating the impoverished condition of our country. The recent demand from our madam president, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, for an armored car and vehicles to escort her worth millions is a...
Jul 14, 2017
The Week
Ties of tradition
Ties of tradition
Though the tradition of chhaupadi, a practice that prohibits women from participating in regular activities during menstruation as they are considered impure, has received much criticism and even been condemned by health experts, it is still largely prevalent in many parts of Nepal. Despite the many...
Jul 14, 2017
WORLD
Fans of Nobel laureate express sorrow, anger over his death
Fans of Nobel laureate express sorrow, anger over his death
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14: World leaders and human rights advocates expressed sorrow and anger Thursday over the death of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died in police custody while being treated for advanced liver cancer in prison.
Jul 14, 2017