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Posted on: 2011-02-06

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In the last few years, the popularity of Valentine’s Day (February 14) has skyrocketed in Nepal, especially among youngsters, who spend a lot on buying gifts for their special one and treating them to nice things. Many loves this day saying it gives them a chance to show how much they love the other person, but many others argue it is popular bec ...

Posted on: 2008-01-31

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In our society still so bound by traditional norms, marrying someone outside the community or one’s own jaat is frowned upon even today. However, this does not stop boys and girls from different communities to fall in love with each other. Some mange to convince their families and lead happy lives together, whereas some buckle down to family pres ...

Posted on: 2008-01-23

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There are many really talented people among us, but because they do not know the 'right' people or do not have the 'right' contacts or do not have networking skills, they remain unknowns and their work dies with them. Do you think that in today's world it is one's connections that take one to the top even if you are an average? Or do you believe th ...

Posted on: 2008-01-16

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We are welcoming the Nepal Tourism Year 2011 by declaring 12 hours of load shedding a day. While tourism entrepreneurs and policy makers are pointing to tourism as the main source of economic revolution in the nation, the Nepal Electricity Authority has declared load shedding as inevitable for next few years. Do you think it is possible to make NTY ...

Posted on: 2008-01-09

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The government has been criticised for not making adequate infrastructural development and promotional campaigns to bring in tourists for Nepal Tourism Year 2011 and now the countdown to NTY 2011 has ended. The target is to bring at least one million tourists to Nepal in NTY 2011. Given the opportunity to welcome tourists to your locality, what fea ...

Posted on: 2008-01-09

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The government has been criticised for not making adequate infrastructural development and promotional campaigns to bring in tourists for Nepal Tourism Year 2011 and now the countdown to NTY 2011 has ended. The target is to bring at least one million tourists to Nepal in NTY 2011. Given the opportunity to welcome tourists to your locality, what fea ...

Posted on: 2008-01-02

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Most of the time and most of the year all we seem to do is crib, grumble and mumble about what is not right and how bad the sutuation is, et cetera. Let’s begin this year on a different note. Is there anything in your family, your office, your school, your college, your neighbourhood, your community...that makes you feel good about being alive he ...

Posted on: 2008-12-26

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Most of us are used to making resolutions and plans for the upcoming year every New Year’s Eve. And those resolutions and plans are often quite realistic. But if you are were given a chance, what would be that one thing you would do in the coming year 2011 that is humanly impossible? Why?

Posted on: 2008-12-23

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Christmas is the season of peace and goodwill. Many might also say it is the time when wishes come true, a time when we are rewarded by Santa Claus for our good deeds the year through. So, if you could wish upon a Christmas star this year, what would it be? Why?

Posted on: 2008-12-12

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The Higher Secondary Schools Association Nepal in coordination with Metro Police is preparing to ban the students of +2 from riding bikes to colleges. Some of the +2 colleges have already banned their students from bringing bikes to college citing that students riding bikes are more prone to accidents and are involved in activities like bunking cla ...

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Dashain is a time for family get-together and while some return back to their villages even those who had gone to work in foreign shores come back home. Besides being with famiy, what is it that you most enjoyed about being back in your hometown or realised that was really special about your village or hometown?