Chocolatebox Nepal has been in operations since November 2017 and it’s well on its way to live a long life. The company makes customized chocolates, of all shapes and characters, all colors including blue and amethyst, and for all occasions of apologies and celebrations.

Established in 2014, the Taragaon Museum primarily aims to document and preserve the culture, tradition, rare maps, photographs, and architectural heritage of Kathmandu Valley. This beautiful museum is located inside Hyatt Residency Kathmandu and was originally built in 1972 by an architect named Carl Pruscha.

The Week’s Ashma Chhetri caught up with Rana to know about his journey so far as well as find out which songs are on his playlist.

The oldest pottery ever made can be found in Lumbini and is over 2,600 years old. This goes to show that pottery making has long been a tradition in Nepal where there was once a system that had certain families specializing in certain tasks, be it woodwork, artwork, business to name a few. Pottery making is also something that has continued throughout the years as people took it up to carry on their family legacy. But the interest to do so is definitely waning as of now and pottery makers are also struggling to keep up with the changing times.

You know Teej is around the corner when you start hearing new Teej songs on radio, TV, and even YouTube. If you ask young people about Teej today, they will tell you that it is all about drinking, eating, dancing, and having a good time. Yes, our women also need a break now and then and they need to have fun as well.

How can you tell when it’s Dashain in Kathmandu? When there are no people around and it resembles a ghost town. Admittedly this phenomenon has declined over the years due to shorter holidays and the hassle of traveling, but that still doesn’t stop a mass exodus from taking place every year during this festival. This brief seasonal migration from Kathmandu is in danger of not happening at all this year, if the tussle between the government and transport ‘entrepreneurs’ is not resolved in the near future.

Green Organic Café and Farmer’s Bar has been in operation for more than a decade now. The restaurant opened its doors in early 2005 and was arguably the first organic eatery in Kathmandu Valley. The proprietors of the café started an organic farm to complement their organic eatery a year later. Currently, they have three different farms located in Melamchi, Sanga, and Gorkha. Binod Balami, general manager at Green Organic Café and Farmer’s Bar, confirms that almost every ingredient the café uses – besides meat – comes from their farms.

Chapagain, a 24-year-old BBS graduate from Capital College and Research Center, runs two Instagram pages. The first one with the handle @heyitsanoo is her primary account that boasts an impressive 10,000 plus followers. You will find various #OOTD, beauty and fashion related posts here. She is also constantly updating stories on this account with important things that happen throughout the day.

A sense of humor is a good quality to have but not everybody can say that they are funny or have the ability to make people laugh. Shreya Pokharel calls herself ‘just somebody who wants to be funny’ but her humor is evident in the simplest of words she speaks and the mannerisms with which she tells her story. It is this that led her to the stand-up comedy scene where she is beginning to make quite a name for herself.

It’s estimated that an average of 28 kilograms of textile is wasted every single day during the production of clothes in Nepal and it is this wastage that Sujhan Ghimire, founder of Taalo, wanted to minimize when he started his online store that sells different kinds of ties, headbands, and other accessories made from recycled scraps of cloth.