Kathmandu, June 23 -- Many people carry certain beliefs about themselves as if they are permanent truths. "I am anxious." "I am difficult." "I am not expressive." "This is just who I am." But psycholo... Read More
Kathmandu, June 22 -- Most of us believe that waste is the end of a story. A notebook is useful until the school year ends. A calendar matters until December. An office document serves its purpose an... Read More
Kathmandu, June 20 -- Donna Tartt has a remarkable ability to make me read books that, on paper, you should probably hate. 'The Secret History' is a group of insufferable classics students discussing... Read More
Kathmandu, June 20 -- Donna Tartt has a remarkable ability to make me read books that, on paper, you should probably hate. 'The Secret History' is a group of insufferable classics students discussing... Read More
Kathmandu, June 14 -- A few years ago, seeing Nepal's first transgender woman to summit Everest and a cast member from a Cannes-celebrated film at the same public event might have been enough to make ... Read More
Kathmandu, June 6 -- There is something bizarre and almost violent about the title 'Pani Ko Parade'. Water is supposed to flow. It slips through fingers, softens stone, floods fields, carries memory, ... Read More
Kathmandu, June 4 -- Visual artist and educator Binod Shrestha is presenting 'Silent Bone', a multi-site art project opening across several cultural spaces in Kathmandu this month. The project brings... Read More
Kathmandu, June 1 -- For many Nepali women, ambition begins with distance. It may mean leaving home for a better school, moving to the capital for exposure, or flying abroad with the hope that a diff... Read More
Kathmandu, May 31 -- A Kathak performance does not begin in haste. It asks for stillness. That is also how 'Umanga: The Joy Continues' opened at Mandala Theatre. Before the technical footwork, group ... Read More
Kathmandu, May 16 -- Donna Tartt's 'The Secret History' is one of those rare novels that completely earns its cult status. It is marketed as a murder mystery, yet reducing it to that genre feels almos... Read More