This September, VENT! is all about literacy, reading, and the love for literature. One of those ardent lovers is Hari Sharma, director of Alliance for Social Dialogue and a...
Sanjog Thakuri is a child rights activist. He had given his first training on children’s rights at the age of twelve. At that age I was, well – just a kid, without...
If you were a parent with a son that is exceptional at physics, but decides he wants to be a footballer instead of being an engineer or architect, you would probably feel a...
We are sitting on the floor of a newly rented office space for the theatre group Paathsala on a lazy afternoon. There is little noise, except for a distant hammering of...
In 2009, the Obama administration launched programs to give America's unpopular Bush era image a much-needed facelift. Among them was the Democracy Video Challenge, which asked...
Prakash Subedi’s first collection of poems, Stars and Fireflies, was published recently. Subedi, who is affiliated with the Aarohan Gurukul Theatre and the...
Unity cracks open these days
And the little girl I knew to be so responsible is lost in the glitz and the crowd.
We are not what we wear
The sun shines
It is warm and the flowers are perfectly yellow and red
There are hands to hold, people to call,
There are fluffy cakes, shrimps, and wine –