Kapali was sixteen years old when he started his career as a tailor at Model Tailors in New Road. While that shop is no more, back in the 60s, Model was known as one of the best and biggest tailoring places in Kathmandu, so much that even the royals got their suits tailored there.

Three decades later, Pakhrin, now 51, has injected approximately Rs 7 million in capital into Lemon Tree, which has two components—a complete bakery shop in Jhamsikhel, and a fast food kitchen in Kupondole.

For Tsewang Dhoenkyi Sadutshang, a self-professed health nut, homemade fruit smoothies had long been an essential part of her diet. As a student in the US, she had realised early the dangers of processed foods and drinks.

For Abhilasha Sharma, dogs aren’t just pets; they are friend, family, companion and protector. But--like with most animals, including humans--they need to be trained. And Sharma, one of Kathmandu’s most popular dog trainers, is the one to do it.

For centuries now, Nepal has been known as an agricultural country where food travels straight from farm or garden to home. However we have come to an age where most of us, especially those living in the city, no longer know where the food we eat comes from.

More often than not, thinking of a plumber or an electrician conjures up images of a man on the job. Almost all carpentry shops and motorcycle service centres across the country have an all-male workforce.

Monday’s episode saw the last money task of Himalaya Roadies’ second season. Apparently, the winner could have walked away with a total purse of Rs 2,000,000; but as fate would have it, the winner will only take home half that amount now. Tch.

The latest episode of Himalaya Roadies was all about last chances. The season has seen its last immunity tasks and last vote out. And we’ve lost our Cutie. We all saw that coming, didn’t we? This is exactly what we feared last week.

They were not ready and we were definitely not ready. The vote out, this time around, came a little too soon. And while I am glad that they didn’t send Meen Kumari home, I’m not sure if I was ready to let go of our underdog Rabin yet.

In December 2017, Ratan Karna was descending Muldhai Hill—an off-the-beaten-path destination that’s a day’s trek from Ghandruk—when he stopped at a small village for tea. As he sipped away, he noticed a distinct flat rock right outside the hotel and decided to paint a mantra on it. He took his paint and paintbrush out and wrote “Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah, Sarve Santu Nir-Aamayaah”—may all be happy, may all be free from diseases—in calligraphy.

Honestly, I could use drama any day, and if it were up to me, I would bring Subha back to the show as the wild card entry (or at least a contender).

The last episode ended with a promise of a very hot new episode. I am not disappointed. This is by far the best and the most happening episode I have watched on Himalaya Roadies. I was hooked to it. It really did challenge our contenders. And if it brought the best out in some (Milan), it also brought out the worst in others (Aayush).

Sunita emptied her bottle to fill it up again.

It’s fair to say that I am an art person. I go where the art is. But here’s the thing, I don’t like art that’s too complicated and comes with too many abstract and hidden messages that need to be deciphered. Just like I like stories that even a sixth-grader can understand, I like art that speaks to everybody. Art that anybody can understand, one that hits close to home.

Monday’s episode ended with a promise that the next episode will be hot—place-wise, but I really hope that it’s also going to get hot in every other possible way—please? It has got to get sensational. It’s high time. Because let’s face it, last night’s episode was barely even lukewarm.