The Week
For the love of plants: A little patch of green in the middle of a crowded place
For the love of plants: A little patch of green in the middl...
Granted there are many nurseries in Kathmandu from where you can purchase plants of all kinds. But The Plant Shop at Gyan Mandala in Jhamsikhel, Lalitpur, is where you must go if you want to bring one home only after understanding how to take proper care of it. Maya Ghale, proprietor of The Plant Sh...
Sep 21, 2018
The Week
Decoding the K-pop mania
Decoding the K-pop mania
Nirmal Dhimal, 19, was lazily scrolling through the YouTube recommendation list when he stumbled upon a song. So intrigued he was by this song called Growl by EXO and its music video that he immediately clicked on the band’s next recommended song. One song led to another and, by the end of the hour,...
Sep 21, 2018
The Week
I lost my sight but gained vision: Sristi KC
I lost my sight but gained vision: Sristi KC
What should have been a sweet sixteen turned into a bitter nightmare but what birthed off it was the most extraordinary thing to have ever happened to Sristi KC who lost her sight to a bad case of an eye-medication overdose at the tender age of 16. What was a life of color abruptly turned into an ab...
Sep 21, 2018
The Week
An authentic Italian eatery
An authentic Italian eatery
Freddo means cool or cold in Italian and when you step inside Freddo Café you will come to see that the quaint little café really lives up to its name. It might have been just three months that Freddo Café has relocated at Thamel (moving from its previous Kamal Pokhari location) but it’s already a p...
Sep 21, 2018
The Week
Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Beauty and body perfection have commonly been associated with women. The issue related to women body objectification and dissatisfaction has long been in discussion in Nepal. The conversation is obvious because traditional patriarchal ideology and gender roles have made women behave and want to look...
Sep 21, 2018
The Week
‘Chor’-police
‘Chor’-police
All of us role played some version of the game ‘chor-police’ (cops and robbers) while growing up. In our minds, there was a clear demarcation of the black (evil) and white (good) in terms of cops and robbers embodying certain values – it was always the good police vs. the bad robbers. Those were muc...
Sep 21, 2018
SOCIETY
Bus collides with truck in Kawasoti
Bus collides with truck in Kawasoti
KAWASOTI, Sept 21: 32 passengers are injured in a night bus accident at Madhyabindu Municipality-11, Kusunde in the East-West highway section.
Sep 21, 2018
The Week
Popsicle paradise
Popsicle paradise
If you love ice cream but would like a healthier alternative, then head to Sweet Fix at Freak Street in Basantapur, Kathmandu. The gourmet popsicles are sure to satisfy your cravings and leave you wanting just one more. Started by 23-year-olds, Shreya Upadhyay and Kritika Lamsal, Sweet Fix serves po...
Sep 21, 2018
The Week
Beauty of blend
Beauty of blend
If you are active on either Instagram or Facebook, you might have seen these cute little bottles in the shape of filament tubes branded Blenders. These are the bottles of the first Nepali milkshake brand ‘Blenders, The Milkshake Bar’. Launched early May this year, currently the milkshake brand has a...
Sep 21, 2018
The Week
Something sweet
Something sweet
Everybody likes a sweet treat. But, in Nepal, we have always had limited options. If it’s not ice cream, then it’s usually a toss between imported chocolates or cake. It needn’t be so anymore because some young Nepalis have taken it upon themselves to revamp the dessert scene.
Sep 21, 2018