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  • Entrepreneurs for Nepal is a support group for new, upcoming entrepreneurs to exchange ideas, network, and mingle with like-minded folks. Founded by four friends (Ashutosh Tiwari, CEO of Himalmedia, Bal K. Joshi, founder of Thamel.com, Sagar Onta, civil engineer, and Ujwal Thapa, founder of Shangrila Coffee) who saw a lack of such a group in Nepal, Entrepreneurs for Nepal gained popularity on Facebook before launching its first off-line meeting this year with a gathering of 15 in Durbar Marg. V.E.N.T! Magazine talked to Sagar Onta, co-founder, about the challenges and the future of entrepreneurship in Nepal.

  • Ashmina Ranjit is not a new name for art lovers and feminists. A visual artist who has been working on women's issues and generating awareness for numerous social and political issues, her works focus on social injustice, human rights violations and war using a wide range of media.

  • Badi Ko Sathi is a non-profit organization that aims to educate the underprivileged Badi children of Thalara village, and to raise societal awareness about the Badi people. The Badi are an ethnic minority predominantly residing in Western Nepal. They were associated with prostitution in the past, and are often still treated as untouchables in Nepalese society. In addition to great social inequities, the Badi face grave economic and legal challenges, including access to citizenship and discrimination in education, employment and land-ownership.

  • Earth – it’s our only home. It’s suffering due to our own doing. Some of us are listening and actually doing something about it. But most of us are turning a deaf ear even after knowing the alarming facts...

  • Samrat Katwal is the president of YES Nepal, which stands for Youth Engagement in Sustainability, a youth-led organization working for the environment and creating meaningful jobs...