February 2012
3 posts
Prabal Gurung: Fade to Light
KASHISH DAS SHRESTHA
NEW YORK: Prabal Gurung, the rising star of the fashion world, settles into a booth at a café in the Lower East Side. Outside, it’s a bright and crisp winter morning. “The regular, please,” he says. The waiter confirms: two eggs, bacon and potatoes, and multi-grain toast. After thinking about it for a second, Prabal settles on a side of orange juice, as he almost...
Friendship, as seen on the highway: A tale of two...
UPENDRA LAMICHANNE
For the news coverage of the Maoists combatants who opted for voluntary retirement and leaving the cantonments with their paychecks, I headed to Shaktikhor in Chitwan from Simara with my friend Deepak Shrestha on February 3. I was wondering how the combatants, who have come from armed struggles, will face this issue. What will be their reactions? ...
The (mis)management of burn injuries in Nepal
A burn victim in Nepal receives treatment only on the third day” should have read the newspaper headlines when a gas explosion left Radha Shrestha and her mother with severe third degree burns. The incident happened on a weekend. On the third day, they were shifted to Sushma Koirala Memorial Hospital for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (SKMH), Sankhu, from Teaching Hospital where they were...