September 19, 2007, tens of thousands of saffron robed shaven headed monks marched barefoot on the streets of Myanmar, the streets that are in silence under barrel of gun since decades and decades…
As I watched this image in television, I was caught by awe, fear, hope and concern..like the millions of people worldwide…
Those mere bare [...]

सुन्दर युवती हेर्न कसलाइ मन लाग्दैन र ?
सुन्दर पहिरन र शृङ्गारमा सजि“दै मिस नेपालजस्ता सौर्न्दर्य प्रतियोगितामा सामेल युवतीलाई म अभिरुचिस“ग नियाल्छु । प्रतियोगितामा म मात्र दर्शक हुनसक्छु, प्रतियोगी होइन । मेरा कुरा छोड्दिनुस्, हाम्रा चर्चित नायिका रेखा थापा र निरुता सिंह पनि भाग लिन चाहिने योग्यता -उचाइ ५ फिट ४ इन्च) पूरा गर्दैनन् । सायद [...]

Falgun 7, Anniversary of Kantipur daily , anniversary special supplementary issue with theme “New Nepal” , on the last page is an article on new age women in new jobs, women in IT.
As I read the article, I was caught in confusion: whether I should get glad for being featured as new spirit of [...]

19 Jan , Kantipur news Poll question :
महिलामाथि हुने यौन दुर्ब्यबहारको मुख्य दोषि को ?
क. कानुनको अभाव
ख. अभद्र पुरुष
ग. महिला आफै
‘what a ridiculous option !’ I thought after I heard the third option ..
Oh! But the results
क. कानुनको अभाव – 20%
ख. अभद्र पुरुष -20%
ग. महिला आफै -60%
In Nepal, most news viewers are [...]

Whenever I happen to peep in my sister’s math and physics books, or read any article or news on mathematics and physics geniuses and their work, I miss my old fascination with the subjects, the thrill and beauty of the numbers, figures, theorems and theories.
I feel nostalgia over my forsaken dream to plunge in [...]

This new year eve,
I realized my heart growing cold,
with cynicism : an adult infection.
Trapped in this adult world,
so grey and so cold,
I longed for the old days,
when the sky is clear blue and grass is naïve green,
rainbows are purely colorful,
snails are innocently fascinating, and I am always cheerful.
Oh ! only if I could borrow a [...]

“I say vagina because I want people to respond,” says playwright Eve Ensler, creator of the hilarious, disturbing soliloquies in The Vagina Monologues. And respond they do–with horror, anger, censure, and sparks of wonder and pleasure.*
The Vagina Monologues is an Obie Award-winning episodic play based on interviews with over 200 women about their real memories [...]

Quite impressed with the first issue of ‘Y!’, a new Nepali youth magazine, I was eagerly awaiting for the second issue, which I found better.
Y! seemed to come with a serious purpose. It was reflected in the first issue in it’s bold cover design(which caught my eyes first), carefully planned content and intellectually stimulating articles.
The [...]