Blog
  • 22 August 2010
    Culinary Tales from Singapore
    Shirish Pokharel

    It is difficult to explain the Singaporean passion for eating. In my month-long stay in Singapore, I saw more restaurants and food outlets than I had in previously...

  • 15 August 2010
    Opining to Restore Optimism
    Ravi Kumar

    Like many youth today, I left Nepal about three years ago because I thought that there was no hope for a better future. Almost everyone I talked to advised me to leave...

  • 5 August 2010
    The Flute-Seller at Ason Chok
    Prabin Shrestha

    Beneath the shade of white misty walls reflecting bright the spring sun, I guided my steps on the stone-paved path that trails from Basantapur to Ason Chok...

  • 15 July 2010
    Lost Voices
    Emanuel B Shah

    The other day, my friend and I were discussing the situation in Nepal, about what exactly is wrong with it and what needs to be done to make it the way we think..

  • 20 June 2010
    Goldstar For Life
    Umes Shrestha

    In the midst of all the turmoil, chaos and political brawl in our country, one of the major issues has been left in the shadows. All of the politicians, so called...

  • 1 June 2010
    The Sex Thing
    Alina Gurung

    “It’s a boy,” the mother sighs happily and forgets all the pain of the contractions she was having just a few minutes ago. The relief and the smile on her face is ecstatic. When the father, who has been waiting...

  • 8 May 2010
    Flight of Fancy
    Amendra Pokhrel

    What should writers do when their creative fibers reel under an unyielding dry spell? “All you need is to let your imagination fly,” some might say. Hackneyed advice...

  • 22 April 2010
    Ten Rupees Ramble
    Richa Neupane

    It all started with a torn plastic ten-rupee-note. An old man in the microbus gave it to the young khalasi bhai as his fare, but it wasn't accepted. I understood...

  • 23 March 2010
    R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me!
    Slok Gyawali

    I had a hell of a time explaining the protocol of addressing someone a "dai" or a "didi" to an American friend of mine. Looking back at our conversation,  her confusion...

  • 27 February 2010
    Unanswered Questions
    Pukurey .

    I just finished reading Narayan Wagle’s Palpasa Café, and I am not exaggerating when I say that this is one of the best books I have ever read. I am not amazed...