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The sonnets of spring devastate the thundering walls of my lonely heart. One more time in my life, my love for you burns in my psyche and I joust between the cadence of pleasure and pain, of illusion and reality. The tango of the softer season has returned to the old courtyard spreading the dabs
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I started my student life in Australia in the beginning of 2003 and today, after almost twenty-one months of being a student at the Edith Cowan University (ECU), I can proudly say that I’ve come a long way and I’ve learnt more than I had ever thought…So where do I begin? Before I go on,
Last year, the day of tika had been another ordinary day in my life. I had had a regular working day. I clearly remember that I had gone to Scarborough beach for a walk in the evening like in most evenings as usual. I had had a frozen Indian meal for dinner like on most
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Finally, I’ve realized what makes me tick. For me personally, the most attractive person in a crowd doesn’t necessarily have to be suave and be reeking of some expensive perfume all the time or have to be a person who’s very knowledgeable with the most polished demeanor, a person with a positive approach towards to
Like many times in this past, this time, too was I seated next to a daughter-father duo on the plane. The baby girl must have been three and it looked to me that she was very attached to her father and that her affection towards him was unmistakable. And here was I, who had just
After the tiresome floods of the monsoon season, the Gods decided to smile upon the Valley of Kathmandu with their demure suns and modest weathers. And thus, it was November, the romantic autumn month. The spirit of Dashain hadn’t wanted away and the festival of Diwali was just round the bend. The serenade of festivities
नहुने कुरा हुँदै नहुने कुरा तिमी नगर जाँदै नजाने गाउँको बाटो तिमी नसोध । दक्षिण बग्ने नदीको भेललाई उत्तर ल्याउने कोसिस नगर रातलाई दिनमा परिणत गर्ने अठोट तिमी नगर । पहाडको चट्टानलाई हिउँमा परिणत गर्ने काम तिमी नगर बगेर गएको समयलाई फर्काएर बोलाउने काम तिमी नगर । ठाउँ नै नभएको तिम्रो जिन्दगीमा मलाई कोचार्ने काम
The whole set of harsh realities lies in these real-life examples. Eighteen year-old Sanu Maya had come to Kathmandu with the dream of making it big in the central city. Within two weeks, she was cajoled and convinced by her relative to go to Mumbai promising her a grand, well-paid job in the huge, cosmopolitan
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The 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit recently held in Kathmandu saw the eight heads of state agree to collaborate on migration management. Likewise, the Government of Nepal (GoN) recently launched the first national report on the status of the Labor Migration for Foreign Employment from Nepal 2013-2014. These recent important examples prove
The billionth time you stare into the beauty-saturated eyes of this phenomenon named Kathmandu, you will always and every time discover those pearls of novelty, almost theatrical mosaics of life, metaphysics of interesting cultural mazes, refreshing hazes of virginity, that you dream and keep dreaming. If you choose the word ‘mysterious’ to describe the ambience,
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