People Power

Nepal can level up tourism with electricity

Extending the national grid to remote tourism areas will have a multiplier effect on the economy. Here is how.

Bikash Pandey
Opinion

The world can act on climate without Trump

After a century of US dominance in world affairs, the ascent of Asia may not necessarily be bad for the planet.

Erik Solheim
Miss Motivation

Use what talent you possess

Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no bird sang except the best. -Henry Van Dyke ...

Kripa Joshi
Opinion

Asia’s ‘Eastminster Model’

Predictions of the demise of democracy in countries of the Asia-Pacific may be exaggerated.

Moontae Jeong in Bangkok
Suburban Tales

Meet the cello girl

Thinking about Iva in the midst of an orchestra brought a simple and real comfort

Pratibha Tuladhar
Miss Motivation

I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter

I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me. - Joshua Graham ...

Kripa Joshi
Angrezi

English is not the be-all and end-all

When will Nepalis learn that just speaking English does not a wise person make?

Anbika Giri
Opinion

We Have No Land, We Are The Land. We Have No Sea, We Are The Sea

Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East make us forget that climate change has also long since claimed its victims. Its geographical effects are inevitably fueling social stress, political tensions and even military violence

Miss Motivation

I meet myself in stillness

I meet myself in stillness... and we breathe. - S. W. Berry ...

Kripa Joshi