Tag: #society
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Singha Darbar, not Singapore
The obsession of our leaders with Singapore is unmatched. Every prime minister we have had in the 30 years (some of them serial prime ministers) has promised to turn Nepal into a Singapore one too many times. Why not just build a Nepal that is just and fair for everyone?
The female social anatomy
If women keep bringing each other down, it will be impossible for us to rise together
Boasting while pretending not to
We are not fooling anyone with humble bragging, fake modesty doesn’t win any friends
A letter to a sister
Female friendships lost to patriarchal feuds
The relationship you deserve in 2022
Ten tips to find out if you are with the right partner and in a good place
Of anger and love
Mothers and daughters are each other, without ever wanting to be.
Nepal’s unequal marriages
Men cheat and get away with it, while women are blamed for shaming the family
Women are from Mars
Now that NASA has its Perseverance SUV and Ingenuity drone on the surface of the Red Planet, we will finally know if men are indeed from Mars.…
Smarter Nepalis with smarter devices
Let’s place smart citizens at the centre of planning for new homes, cities, energy and infrastructure
Replaying male machismo
Lee and Austin are brothers who don’t seem to have much in common. Austin is a cultured man with an Ivy League degree trying to make it as a…
365 is not just a number
All photos: SEWA BHATTARAIAmong Prakash Ranjit's 365 illustrations on display at Nexus Cultural Center in Patan, many are of human faces with…
“It is now or never to devolve power to local governments”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcOLeRbQqWwSwiss Ambassador Elisabeth von Capeller Oswald is on her second diplomatic stint in Nepal after also…
Hop over the gender gap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj109RD1eFo&feature=youtu.beThere is a debate in behavioural science about which plays a more significant part…
Shradha Ghale, the prodigal daughter
Bikram RaiThe struggle with kerosene stoves, the relief when you move up to propane. The steady stream of uninvited guests from remote parts of…
Success in Nepal means not having to work
Nepalis work hardest when they are outside Nepal
Once upon a time
After staging plays by foreign writers, Mandala Theatre has forayed into an original Nepali folktale, with a sharp contemporary socio-political…
Republic of rape
The number of reported rapes in Nepal has shot up by 30% in the past year. It has multiplied four times in ten years. There are at least three…