A Book On Socialist Democracy

'Socialism' is an attractive term for public utility and progressive ideals. This scribe who is a student of language, literature, culture, prefers to stay away from political associations has remained ignorant of the power of sweet words.  

Karnali Dreams

To mark the 59th Engineer’s Day in Nepal, I have put forth my vision for the development of the remote five Himalayan districts of Karnali province of Nepal. I have been exploring all of the five districts of this province namely, Humla, Jumla, Dolpa, Mugu, and Kalikot, for the last four years as a part of my work. My vision for the development of this region comes along with a list of development opportunities hidden for years within the challenges.

Krishna Janmashthami Festival

In the Gita, Lord Krishna says, “Whatever you do, do for my glory. All things were made by me and in me are there all things. To this end am I born to establish righteousness.” This is not a gossip but the gospel of the Gita, which is very useful for everybody.

Border Disputes Consequences of Negligence

A border is what separates the ownership of land generally between two countries. As every country tries to own a bigger size of the cookie at the cost of others' borders, disputes between nations take place. Border problems, therefore, are common in most countries, and it has been one of the root causes of bilateral disputes. The border dispute between Nepal and India is one such case. Due to the unregulated border system between Nepal and India

Fighting 'Toxic' Masculinity

The popular term points toward a real problem of male violence and sexism. However, it risks misrepresenting what causes them. Over the past several years, toxic masculinity has become a catchall explanation for male violence and sexism. The term, which distinguishes "toxic" traits such as aggression and self-entitlement from "healthy" masculinity, also denotes bullying and sexual harassment.

Gaurika: A Realistic Novel

To give artistic words to describe life's story is an unending attempt for literateurs. Litterateurs are creators, and it is they who determine how artistically descriptive or conclusive their stories will be. In this context, we have a 136-page English novella written by Chandra Kumar Phuyal.

Antibiotic/Drug resistance A Common Problem Nowadays

Antibiotics are a type of medicine or antimicrobial substance active against bacteria. They are powerful drugs that are used to kill or limit the growth of bacteria. There are two types of drugs, First Line Drugs and Second Line Drugs. But nowadays we are facing the biggest public health challenges regarding antibiotic resistance. I, being a student of medical microbiology

Meteoric Rise Of Taliban

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on Sunday after a rapid advance across the country, overwhelming government forces and sending large swaths of the population into panic. By Monday, thousands of Afghans in Kabul, the capital, had fled to the main airport. U.S. troops struggled to secure the airport for their own evacuation flights while blocking many Afghan civilians who flooded the tarmac in the hope of escaping. In several cities, Afghan security forces put up a strong fight to stop the...

Aristotle's Theory And Nepali Politics

Aristotle, a Greek philosopher with a yearning for comparative politics and with a fascination towards biology, additionally influenced by his travels and experience with various political systems, is considered the "Father Of Political Science".

Living Life With Hearing, Speech Loss

About 90 per cent of people with hearing and speech loss live in the least developed countries. Due to poor infrastructure, the people living with hearing and speech loss remain isolated, neglected, and ignored. In a situation like this, these people found themselves helpless, vulnerable, and with no secure future ahead of them.   The subject of hearing and speech loss has already become serious in the country as 16.6 per cent of people who live in the country suffer from acute hearing and speech-related...

Advantages Of Reading

Reading is a cognitive act that relies largely on memory, comprehension and attention. And it is often the most effective way to learn a new skill, topic or subject. When we read, we constantly take in words and interpret their meanings to better understand what is being written. And it is a daily act, one that we do almost involuntarily.

Absorbing Narrative Of A Rebel Woman

This interesting work reviewed in this ubiquitous column of this esteemed daily is a lucidly written memoir interspersed with a racy account of a many hued facets of the life of Hisila Yami- a popular woman leader who has participated and executed some crucial roles in shaping up the contemporary political events of Nepal. John Whelpton, a historian and widely acclaimed author of books on Nepal , extols the work as an interesting and important autobiography particularly because of the many roles...

Encouraging Breastfeeding: Shared Responsibility Essential

Every year, the first week of August is celebrated as World Breastfeeding Week. This year the world is celebrating the week with the theme, 'Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility' as health experts are calling on all stakeholders to encourage mothers for optimal breastfeeding practices. Breastfeeding within the first ho

Human Milk Bank A Noble Initiative

To have the best possible start in life is a basic right of every newborn baby. For optimal nutrition and immunological protection of the newborns, the choice of feeding is to latch the baby directly to mother’s breast or provide expressed milk from own mother, and then pasteurised donated human milk. However, many babies are deprived of mother’s milk and are given formula feeds because of baby’s inability to suck due to prematurity, being too small to suck or ill, or maternal illness, abandonment...

Safe Abortion Vital for Women's Health

Getting safe abortion and family planning services easily in remote parts of Nepal is still a far cry for many rural women. For many women in those areas, the process of abortion still costs a lot and sometimes they even risk their lives. Poverty, not having m

Cellphone Addiction Among Teens

As time flies, addictions transform themselves into different forms. A person can show his/her addictive behaviours through different behavioural changes such as difficulty resisting change in the obsessive repetition of similar patterns, difficulty having breaks during i

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Planets, Stars Embellish Heaven

As it darkens, the night skies of this month offer the magnificent marvels of planets, stars and constellations that are embellishing the heavens. Planets Mercury and Mars would be lost in solar glare, due to their proximity to the Sun. They would be moving across the compelling constellation Leo (lion) during the daytime. Planet Venus could be visualised in the western sky after sundown as dusk would fade to darkness. They would be venturing out through the starry fields sprawling across constellations...

Vaccines Key To Contain Virus

COVID-19 is a global health emergency. It took quite some time to develop the vaccines to curb the pandemic. However, COVID vaccines, in comparison to other vaccines in the past, have arrived quite quickly in Nepal. Thanks to our great neighbours India and China that respectively provided one million doses and 800,000 doses of vaccines to Nepal. It has also received 348,000 doses of Covi shield with the support of COVID-19 Global Vaccine Access Facility (COVAX).

Bagmati Yatra Once A Grand Pilgrimage

It was the 14th day of the dark lunar fortnight of the month of Baisakh in the Bikram Sambat Year 2005 and Indra Kaji Joshi, who was 11 years old at the time, had woken up at two in the morning. He was getting ready with his father to go to the Shikhar Narayan Temple in Pharping to participate in the grand Bagmati Yatra. “It was my first time so I was very excited,” the now 84-year-old Joshi recalled.