Folk's new favorite girl

Published On: February 9, 2018 08:23 AM NPT By: Priyanka Gurung

As expected from Trishna Gurung, she continues giving us reasons to appreciate the essence of our folk tunes. She has once again hit the right note with her latest, Rail Lai Ma, garnering over 1.5 million views on YouTube, in just two months of the single’s release. What’s more, Gurung confirms that she is already working on new material and a plan to release that too is in full swing.

When Boudha beckons

Published On: February 9, 2018 08:07 AM NPT By: Pratik Rayamajhi

It’s like the stupa was never missing from the Boudha skyline.  The result of the urgency with which the locals and local authorities took on the responsibility to repair the earthquake damages and resurrect the charm of the area is evident in Boudha’s consistent hustle and bustle. The crowd in itself is unique because it seems everybody visits Boudha for different reasons. If you take a moment to watch the people there, you will surely notice it too.

Laundry service

Published On: February 9, 2018 07:59 AM NPT By: Gunjan Upadhyay

By now, everyone must be familiar with, and some even sick of, K.P Oli’s flair for the ridiculous. Remember the gas pipelines to individual homes, Nepali vessels in the high seas and other assorted proclamations during the economic blockade? Yeah, who can forget those! While those statements were passed off by the Oli fan club as the aspirations of a visionary leader, his statements on the legitimization of ‘underground’ money (got to admire that euphemism) is not laughable in the least.

A bowl of goodness

Published On: February 2, 2018 08:31 AM NPT By: The Week Bureau

Buddha bowls have taken over the internet by storm. Every food blogger, fitness guru and even Oprah and Martha Stewart are giving out the recipes of their own versions of Buddha bowls.

Making leather last long

Published On: February 2, 2018 08:20 AM NPT By: The Week Bureau

Whether they are boots, jackets or bags, when it comes to leather goods they are all investments. We say so because, first of all, there is the fact that they probably cost you a small fortune but, at the same time, you also know that with care they can help you make a style statement for decades to come.

Raising a female pup

Published On: February 2, 2018 08:06 AM NPT By: The Week Bureau

Many find raising a female dog to be extremely cumbersome. Often times, most dog lovers prefer to adopt a male dog rather than its female breed. Some even assume that male dogs are more loyal and easier to train. But the reality is the nature of a dog actually depends on its breed and how it has been trained rather than its gender.

Work out at work

Published On: February 2, 2018 07:50 AM NPT By: The Week Bureau

Office spaces are set up to require little movement, making it easy to gain weight. But besides increasing weight, desk jobs also increase the strain on your back, wrists, eyes and neck, and can result in a general loss of muscle tone.

Maintaining those curls

Published On: February 2, 2018 07:39 AM NPT By: The Week Bureau

When it comes to curly hair, the internet is filled with so many do’s and don’ts that it’s really hard to figure out which tip to follow and which to ignore. While the right method can help you maintain big, bouncy curls and make you look like you have just stepped out of a salon, following a wrong tip will have people thinking that even basic things like shampooing and conditioning are alien concepts to you. To sort that out, beautician Jamuna Gurung guides us on the correct way of taking care of curly hair.

Going all in

Published On: January 26, 2018 02:31 PM NPT By: Priyanka Gurung

For each person who feels the duty to respond to Nepal telecom’s routine texts about the Bagmati Cleaning Campaign, of late there appears to be two more who scoff or choose to completely ignore it.

At the turntables

Published On: January 26, 2018 12:05 PM NPT By: The Week Bureau

Prajwal JB Rana, instructor at Wave DJ Academy in Sankhamul, Kathmandu, says being a DJ is much more than just knowing how to match beats of one song with another as many think it to be.