Complying With Prosocial Behaviour During COVID-19

The virtue of selflessness and compassion is deeply rooted in human conscience, and in many instances result from socio-cultural influences and life experiences. One such life experience of the 21 century is COVID-19. This pandemic is a hard lesson and has certainly invoked the relevance of prosocial behaviour and its compliance. Prosocial behaviour encompasses the actions intended to help others. It is a part of natural human biology and ingrained conditioning of some religious practices.

Negligent construction leading to animal deaths

On Sunday, a rhinoceros died after falling in a drain dug in the Barandabhar forest area along the East-West Highway. In March last year, a female rhinoceros died after falling into a septic tank at the Tiger Land Safari Resort in Jagatpur, near Kasara. Four years earlier in 2018, another rhino was rescued from the septic tank of a hotel in Sauraha.

Dealing With Human-Wildlife Conflict

As human population continues to grow, the encroachment of wildlife habitats continues to rise. This brings an inevitable conflict between humans and the natives of the wilderness. As time goes on, we should focus on mitigating the adverse effects of these conflicts while keeping in mind that we, humans are the invaders and the wild animals are just occupying what is rightfully their territory.

Waking Up To Deepening Health Crisis

Amidst the COVID-19 and the omicron crises, the headquarters of the first world has been grappling with an unprecedented and bizarre crisis for quite some time. Even the lesser mortal pundits of the third world, yours truly included, have been watching this crisis with keen interest, though they have more important things to do, especially in a crisis like this, when working extra hours to earn a bit more has become the new normal.

Our Vote Decides Our Future

We will soon have the second local election after a five-year interval since the government adopted a federal system of governance. We had many political turmoils in the first four years of local government. The success and failure of local government is a hot topic yet to be discussed. The country is already beginning to live the madness of the electoral campaign that will lead to parliamentary elections next year. In a democracy, everybody lives through decisive moments during elections. Voting...

Soft Lyrics

My first encounter with Santosh Pokharel's poems—'first' because of the limitation of my reading horizon—through his anthology Modesty Poems, inspired me to draw two quick impressions about him. First, he was perhaps exposed to English poetry before the advent of postmodern times, when diction started taking shape more from the hubbub of the day-to-day affairs in the marketplace, instead of from a lexicon or the classic work of a master artist.

Poems On Nepal’s 2015 Earthquake

The genre of poetry is not the main identity of litterateur Govinda Raj Bhattarai. Moreover, he is known as a post-modern author who has explored different avenues of writings for his literary expressions. He has written essays, novels, works of criticism, prefaces and literary translations.

Let's Make Madhesh A Model State

The long-awaited stalemate came to its end after a two-thirds majority in the assembly endorsed the proposal to name Province No. 2 as Madhesh on January 18, 2022. This is a welcome step taken by the state assembly. Likewise, the second meeting of the provincial assembly passed the proposal to name Janakpur as the province's permanent capital with a two-thirds majority. Out of the 99 lawmakers, 78 voted in favour of making Janakpur the permanent capital. Most parties represented in the provincial...

Malayalam movie Thirimali done by Swastima Khadka, Maotse Gurung released

Malayalam film Thirimali done by Nepali actress Swastima Khadka and actor Maotse Gurung has been released in India. Gurung shared the film’s poster on Thursday informing the release and requesting public, especially the people of Kerala, to watch and support the movie. Thirimali has also been popular in Nepal as Nepali artistes are playing in major roles. Swastima Khadka’s item dance in the song ‘Rang Birang’ of the movie has also garnered love from the audiences.

Shweta lands in controversy for her statement

Television actor Shweta Tiwari has landed in a controversy for allegedly referring to God while making a statement about her innerwear, with Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra directing the police to investigate her remark and submit a report within 24 hours.