Healing Kathmandu

Breathing clean air is a critical issue, especially in urban areas. Air pollution is a global concern that poses severe risks to human health and the environment. To combat this issue, innovative solutions are emerging worldwide, aimed at purifying and revitalizing the air we breathe. In this article, we will …

(Words by Anutara Shykya) Last month we had a sort of family reunion when my cousins visited Nepal after many years. One of my cousins had been living in the United States for over a decade, this time, he came with his wife and my four-year old nephew whom we …

Nepal has had a rocky history of heritage preservation. On one hand, we have people commenting on social media about how proud they are of Nepal and its culture, each time a photo from the country pops up on an international platform. On top of that, Nepal’s vibrant culture, festivals, …

Researchers have observed a variety of emotions in dogs, including not only joy, pleasure, and compassion, but also pain, grief, fear, and loneliness. Moreover, scientific exploration supports the idea that dogs have the capacity of suffering to the same degree as we humans do. But, this still doesn’t change the …

Rapid population and climate change have numerous effects on the environment, in land as well as water, water scarcity being one of them. Water scarcity leads to limitation of safe drinking water, it limits the practice of hygiene and effect health systems, brings lot of repercussions, especially on health, and …

Healthy children become healthy adults: people who create better lives for themselves, their communities, and their countries. Nepal is a low-income country with a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (purchasing power parity, PPP, Int $) of US$ 1276 in 2012. The poverty rate has declined from 42% to 25% …

Kathmandu’s mayor is also regarded as the metropolis’s father/mother. This is meaningful. Just like the role the leader of the household has to play at times when the home’s electricity supply is disturbed, when no water comes from the taps, when there is problem with the sewage, when some member …

Dashain is around the corner, and for me it brings about very fond childhood memories. This much-awaited festival signifies victory of good over evil. In this auspicious 10‐day festival, the nine days are celebration of various incarnations of goddess Durga, who defeats the demons and brings peace to ‘devalok’. The …

Presently, Kathmandu, a cultural city with a proud history, is wounded and has been made sick and ailing. It has been torn at and hurt badly. Additionally, it has been subject to insufferable injustice. Kathmandu is now in the ICU. There are reasons behind this. For 30 years, it was …

July 30, 2021: A Disturbing Fact: 50% of Bottled Drinking Water Is Contaminated! The DFTQC tested 27 samples of bottled drinking water in FY 2020/21 and found that 16 were contaminated enough to be unfit for consumption. In the same fiscal year, the department filed cases against 100 firms for …