The Week
Stunning Singapore
Stunning Singapore
The first thing you’ll notice about Singapore is how well maintained, structured, and clean it is. The air seems fresh, free of dust, and that will really excite you right now, given the condition of our roads and quality of air these days. A five-day trip to Singapore is enough for you to enjoy eve...
Feb 10, 2017
The Week
Assessing the situation
Assessing the situation
Nepal is a male dominated society which is why women workers aren’t valued much. I got involved in FWEAN to bring their work to the forefront. I wanted to make the decision makers aware about the kind of work women were doing in Nepal and also make sure that the products women entrepreneurs were mak...
Feb 10, 2017
The Week
Women at work
Women at work
“When you empower a woman, you empower a family. When you empower a family, you empower a community. And when you empower a community, you empower a nation.”
These words were spoken by Jean Shafiroff, a philanthropist and volunteer leader of several Southampton and New York charities. This week, w...
Feb 10, 2017
The Week
A day for love
A day for love
When I was a teenager, Valentine’s Day was all about buying a single red rose, a big card from Archies and a packet of Dairy Milk chocolate and asking one of smartest six-year-old in the neighborhood to give your gift to your crush. After receiving the gift, the lady of your dreams would throw away...
Feb 10, 2017
The Week
Can’t get no satisfaction
Can’t get no satisfaction
There is a Chinese restaurant just off Leicester Square in London that has pretty decent food (if you like the sort of Chinese food that has been tweaked to suit a British palate) but what it is arguably more famous for is its appalling service. Yes, you read that right. It is frequented by people j...
Feb 10, 2017
The Week
Ritual rules
Ritual rules
The Hindu 13-day death rituals are explained in Grihya Sutra and it’s written about in the Garuda Purana as well. While some believe in its significance wholeheartedly and think it’s actually therapeutic as well to the mourners, there are quite a few who think such traditions could go through some c...
Feb 10, 2017
The Week
The last goodbye
The last goodbye
Nepalis, especially the younger generation, now freely admit that they wouldn’t mind a more convenient and compact way to mourn their loss. The debate about the last rite rituals seem poised to rage on.
Feb 10, 2017
The Week
Short & simple
Short & simple
After receiving much accolade and applause at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF), the 17-minute short movie Dadyaa: The Woodpeckers of Rotha, recently bagged the special jury award for cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival. Dadyaa is a poignant Nepali story based in Ka...
Feb 10, 2017
The Week
The craft of making chocolates
The craft of making chocolates
If you try these chocolates, you’ll probably never be satisfied with other chocolates ever again. Smriti Tuladhar’s homemade chocolates are that good. She ensures that the chocolates, made without preservatives, are crafted to perfection. It’s been less than a year that she started the chocolate com...
Feb 10, 2017
POLITICS
Bhutanese refugee resettlement yet to resume
Bhutanese refugee resettlement yet to resume
KATHMANDU, Feb 10: The third-country resettlement program for the Bhutanese refugees in the US that came to an abrupt halt after the executive order of President Donald Trump has yet to resume even after the federal court stayed the order that temporarily banned admission of refugees.
Feb 10, 2017