Articles
  • 2 October 2011
    Inspiration from the Congregation
    Aayush Niroula

    It's difficult to explain the exact point in attending literary festivals in Kathmandu. In the case of the Kathmandu Literary Jatra that concluded on Sunday, September 18th, it gets even more difficult. First off, it was only the second of its kind...

  • 8 September 2011
    Reading: A collective blog
    superuser

    Literacy—what does it mean to you? How and when did you become a reader? These are the questions in the minds of VENTers! this week as we celebrate Literacy Day.

  • 2 April 2011
    Op-Ed: I am Not a Feminist
    Suv Pradhan

    If you are searching for a feminist inside me, then you're looking at the wrong person because I’m sorry, I’m not a feminist. I have tried to become one, but no matter what I've done, I've constantly failed. It's not that I do not want to be a feminist...

  • 6 February 2011
    Op-Ed: Yes Ma'am, Nature!
    Ayushma Regmi

    There must be some reason we spend a large part of our childhood and youth in learning institutions trying to get "educated"...

  • 1 February 2011
    All You Need is Love
    Yuko Maskay

    When I decided to move to Nepal after living abroad all my life, it wasn’t because I wanted to do something for “my” country or to make a difference. It was because I wanted to live close to my parents and know what it's like to live...

  • 27 November 2010
    Op-Ed: Nepali Society Needs to be Less Emotional and More Practical
    Sagar Onta

    Even for a young girl playing in the dirt road in front of her home in rural Nepal,  the entire world is her eventual playground. That's the reality of this digitally free world of today. While elders may lament...

  • 15 October 2010
    Op-Ed: An Animal Activist Versus Rest of the World
    Shristi Singh Shrestha

    “So, What do you want to be when you grow up?”

    “I want to work for the welfare of animals of all shapes and sizes.” ...

  • 5 September 2010
    Is it possible to be in love with two people at the same time?
    superuser

    Although we encountered this question as a query in our sex column, Let's Talk About Sex!, it's a question that must have passed through all our minds more than once. Without research or facts to back what we say, we'd like to say that love is...

  • 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...
  • 5 August 2010
    Water in a Bottle
    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...