Bandana Gorkhaly

by Bandana Gorkhaly 01 April 2009

Bandana

Gorkhaly

Bandana is a staff writer and nepali calenda editor for V.E.N.T! Magazine. She is a recent graduate from The Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. She is currently a junior accountant at a long-term care pharmacy. Bandana is interested in issues that affect teens in Nepal, religion, and introducing Nepali culture to others. In her free time, Bandana spends her time reading, writing, watching movies, and spending time with family and friends. Contact Bandana at: bandana AT ventzine DOT com.

One Step Closer to Freedom

For the first time in a long time, Nepal made news worldwide in and it was not about the political squabbling or as part of third world countries. It was on same-sex marriage.It started when I was reading about same sex marriage in California and it made me wonder about Nepal and its policies. While searching the Internet, I was thrilled to discover that in December 2007, Nepal became the first country in South Asia to recognize lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgendered (LGBTs) as natural persons. So I decided to find out more about it.
Overrated Independence

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MakaluWear Aims High

Mount Makalu is 8,485m tall and the fifth highest mountain in the world. “It is one of the harder eight-thousanders in the world to climb with its steep pitches and knife-edged ridges that are completely open to the elements,” say Monica Sherchan and Yelember Singh Adhikari. “Which is why we chose to name our company after it.”...