Khushbu Agrawal

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Khushbu
Agrawal

Khushbu Agrawal is a staff writer and blogs editor for V.E.N.T!  Magazine. She is currently pursuing her graduate studies in Economics at Tribhuvan University, and is the founder and research officer of Center for Research Excellence at Kathmandu College of Management, where she received her undergraduate degree. She was awarded with Nepal Bidhyabhusan and Nepal Chattra Bidhya Padak by Honorable President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav for her educational excellence. She won VOW Magazine’s Outstanding College Women of the Year award in 2005. Contact her at khushbu AT ventzine DOT com.


  • At a time when the entire world is looking for ways to curb the global financial crisis, our nation is hinged to the basics—the issue of Energy Crisis, which has virtually turned into a National Crisis. Our demand is not much—it is just 770 MW, which rises by approximately 100 MW every year. However, it’s a pity that, in a country where many rivers cascading down from the Himalayas have the potential to generate up to 83,000 MW of electricity, is generating only 336 MW, not even 1% of the total capacity.

  • February 2nd was an ordinary day for many—the hawkers were selling their stuffs in New Road, office goers were hurrying to their respective offices, and not to forget, the NEA officials were planning the strategies to cut down on power outage. Amidst these myriad of activities, somewhere near the city, a bunch of young people were passionately trying to do their share in protecting our environment. The group was celebrating the World Wetland Day (WWD) at Nagdaha at Dhapakhel.

  • Other than the fact that it is a UNESCO World Heritage site, Basantapur is special for many other reasons. There are many stories associated with this area and it has made history in the country...

  • The 15th SAARC Summit adopted the Colombo Declaration, that vows, among other things, to “work for regional cooperation or the elimination of all forms of discrimination and abuse against women...

  • “I was forced to quit my job because of constant harassment from my boss,” says Reena (name changed), a young woman working for an international organization. Reena decided to quit her stable job after her employer started sexually...