Articles
22 August 2010
Op-Ed: Developing Nepal, One iPod at a Time
Bishal Thapa
The *iPod may be Nepal’s best and last hope for a better future. Its history parallels many of Nepal’s recent developments and offers a fresh, new prospect unlike anything in the past...
Moments in Pixels
15 August 2010
Life on Rent
Articles
5 August 2010
Water in a Bottle
by Shuva Laxmi

Taps in Kathmandu may be running dry but drinking water is just a phone call away. Water processing plants sprouting up like mushrooms in villages on the outskirts of the valley offer a choice between often untreated or contaminated water...

Articles
25 July 2010
Here's to Our Teachers

Here's to our teachers, all good and all bad. Some of who have lit the way for us, prepared a path, beating down the bushes, clearing away the thorns, while others have hindered us, scarred us emotionally, even tortured us...

Faces
14 July 2010
Usha Gurung: Business on her mind

Having turned just 24 and educated only up to the 10th grade, Usha Gurung has been successfully running three businesses. Usha is a young businesswoman whose hard work and never-say-die attitude have earned...

Book Review
1 July 2010
Through Faulty Glasses: a review of BP Koirala's Doshi Chasma
by Aayush Niroula

While browsing a friend's shelf, I came across a decrepit little book with a fading brown cover: 'Doshi Chasma' by BP Koirala. I had read BP's 'Sumnima' a long time ago and yet have a vivid recollection of having...

Moments in Pixels
20 June 2010
The show must go on
Articles
8 June 2010
Mother Tongue

by Yoshina Gautam, Jebin Gautam and Aashish Jha

Genes and languages preserve history, just as stones, art, and bones do. While a lot of effort has been directed towards preserving archeological sites and studying genetics, very little is...

Articles
18 May 2010
Op-Ed: Facebook Flakey Much
by Prarthana Gurung

So, we’re Facebook friends, but are we friends? Flakey people piss me off. “Flakey” according to urbandictionary.com, means being “unreliable or fickle,” and before you give me a hard time for using it as a source...

Moments in Pixels
7 May 2010
peace, here, now!
Articles
2 May 2010
Op-Ed: A New Rebellion
by Ayushma Regmi

When the traffic police seized my license recently, I had no reservations in throwing a tantrum. If there was one thing I had learned from my three years in Delhi, it was that in South Asia, tears are a valuable bargaining tool for women. An ordinary person hates to see a woman in tears...

Faces
22 April 2010
"No such thing as a major or minor role," Pashupati Rai

Pashupati Rai began her journey into theatre in an unlikely manner. When she first came to Kathmandu from Dharan few years back, all she wanted...

Moments in Pixels
7 April 2010
About a Boy
Articles
25 March 2010
Op-Ed: An Incomplete Democrat
by Siddhartha Thapa

The demise of Girija Prasad Koirala will undoubtedly lead to a political re-alignment in Nepali politics. Koirala was without a doubt the most influential politician in Nepal. What was truly unique about Koirala’s political strategy was his ability to fuse...

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