Srizu Bajracharya

It is 5:00 a.m., and I am shivering as I look out from my terrace. “It’s so cold, who wakes up this early?” I mumble, and then run towards my...

Kalu Kumale is a name synonymous with wrathful deities, and thus when your interest builds up in his craft, you will most definitely try to trace the buried anger, rage,...

One can pick up the aroma of mustard oil cooking hundreds of feet away in Khokana. It’s evident that at first, you will find yourself following the strong scent...

You will hardly hear any stories about firefighters in Nepal; seldom will you hear little boys and girls say, “I want to be a firefighter”. What happens when you...

The famous monuments of Bhaktapur are, undoubtedly,valuable heritages of the city; but similarly, its houses are too. Before the devastating earthquake last year, the heritage city of Bhaktapur had...

What is that one gift that you value the most from your wedding, Hajurma?” I asked my grandmother. My hajurma married at the age of 18, in...

In 1975, a 35-year- old woman summitted the highest peak in the world: Mount Everest. An unthinkable quest for many who still believed women were only meant to cook in...

The hardest part of overcoming adversity is continuing with things you had always done before. Yet this is what keeps us strong at the end of the day. ...

In-between Science and Rumors. Manab haru ko bikriti ko karan yesto bhayeko ho” (It’s all because of man’s sins on earth that the earthquake has happened) said...

The best daal should ultimately remind you of your home. There is no food more important than daal bhaat for any Nepali. Every home right about the time for...

Bhajan to Gods and kings aren’t just mere adulations, singing and listening to it is also a way of coming to peace with yourself. In the early 19th century,...

The fruit is central to a plethora of different cuisines in Nepal, but what makes it special? Last year they hacked down the lapsi tree in our...