The Uninvited
Fifteen years of the same thing happening month after month. I should be better prepared for it by now, and yet it delights in surprising me whenever it can. Possibly every month, if it had its way. The thing t... Read More...
Sexy Distortion
'To be, or not to be'
How precisely and wonderfully Shakespeare presented the soliloquy of a man in his play Hamlet. I wonder if he had ever tried portraying a woman's dilemma in such an eloquent manner... Read More...
Rewriting the Code of Disabled Women: Story of Meena Paudel
Australian disability advocate Stella Jane Young says, "We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect. About 10 percent of the world's population, i.... Read More...
Why feminism is important
Why feminism is important over the past few years, a lot of words and trends have been all over the Internet. Be it in the time of the amazing color changing dress or KUWTK memes, the Internet has always had ne... Read More...
Women Lead on Conservation in Nepal
Photos by iLCP Fellow James Morgan.
This article is published with permission from James Morgan. You can follow him in his social accounts at @jamesmorganfoto and his website www.jamesmorgan.co.uk
Devi K... Read More...
Games Girls Don’t Play
“Ready?” she calls out. I gulp, and nod, and cup my hands. The ball hurtles towards me, and I put an arm over my face. The slightly-deflated ball makes contact with my arm, then bounces to the ground and lays t... Read More...
It’s a bird it’s a plane it’s a rant.
Settle down, woman!
Because your unsettled, frisky self is threatening my uninspired soul.
Because your lonely existence is giving me chills.
Because your relentless drive is sucking the air ... Read More...
A girl who dreams of being a police officer (story of transformation)
Photo: From Left to Right ; Anita Tamang, Anita's aunt, Prakriti Nepal from Samaanta Foundation
We worry about what a child will be tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today, Stacia Taushcer rightly sai... Read More...
Teej: Celebrating Sisterhood
Once upon a time Teej known to be: A festival where women fast either for husband's long life for those married or for a hope to find a well suited husband for those unmarried. Fortunately, today Teej has trans... Read More...
Teej
Photo by: Hitesha
Teej is the festival which my mom cherish a lot. She loves to be in red apparition and everything she uses must be red. Even the rubber band she needs red. Red symbolizes my father’s biolog... Read More...
Travesty of Modern Teej
By- Deepak ShimKhada
With age comes experience and wisdom. Now that I have turned 70, I hope I have earned both. As a senior citizen, I can be excused for speaking my mind without being politically correct.
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When I Become a Mother
I have begun to cherish on the fact that someday I will be given the privilege too of becoming a mother. As a daughter I have learnt a lot from my mother about motherhood. The silent sacrifices, compromises, se... Read More...
Breaking Taboos with Sanitary pads in Nepal
Yesterday, near my village, I heard a comment from an elderly saying that the earth is trembling because the menstruating girls are touching books, praying to gods and not following the rules. NEPAL’s earthquak... Read More...
A Non-Misandrist Complain (About Men, Of Course)
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Believe me, I am no Misandrist. Half of the best people in my life come from the male species, they support me and buoy me up and keep me sane — besides lending a fresh per... Read More...
Forever in exile
Why thousands of Nepali women are made to feel like an eternal Diaspora
“A woman has no home, and no surname.”
During my adolescence, anytime I came upon this miserable proverb, my cheeks reddened i... Read More...