Punctuality

P-U-N-C-T-U-A-L-I-T-Y! That’s a long word, isn’t it? What does it mean? It means doing things at the right time. Many people say that “punctuality means doing something at an arranged time” and, of course, it means never being late. Well, I...

Travel Abroad 13 Jul, 2005

Shopping

The word “shopping” creates a crater in people’s pockets and delights the minds of the teenagers. As there is a proverb viz “man invented money, women invented shopping,” indeed, women have gone lengths to practise this. A teenaged girl laden...

Travel Abroad 22 Jun, 2005

Open your mind

Have you ever felt as if you should have helped someone but did not? Did you ever feel guilty for not doing anything when you could have? Well, if you have let me congratulate you by saying you have a heart, if not one big enough to deal with the...

Travel Abroad 04 May, 2005

BRIEFS

Hall inaugurated Rotary district governor Mr Prabir Chakravarthy inaugurated ‘Multipurpose Hall’ in Sanchetana Primary School on April 21. During the programme he handed over the keys of the building to the headmaster of the school, Binod Hamal....

Travel Abroad 04 May, 2005

It’s my life!

Kathmandu: The world today is ever-changing and that, too, at such a fast pace that one has to open one’s shoes and run along in order to catch up with the latest trends and happenings. One doesn’t even realise how fast childhood goes by and its...

Travel Abroad 03 May, 2005

Quiz with a perspective

Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu:Talent and creativity can abundantly be found in amongst children belonging to Generation X these days. Be it in academics or extra-curricular activities, students have become smarter. To enhance and encourage the hidden...

Travel Abroad 30 Apr, 2005

SCHOOL BRIEFS

Students’ council elected A student council comprising 20 members, was chosen on April 18, 2005 by a panel of teachers through a series of interviews and analysis. The council consists of the head boy, head girl, deputy head boy, deputy head girl and...

Travel Abroad 20 Apr, 2005

The way she moves

Rabindra PokharelKathmandu:When she fell into a trance, dancing to the old Nepali folk song “Mai chori sundari”, attired in the traditional chaubandi choli and faria with the patuka (a shred of cloth wrapped around a woman’s waist in traditional...

Travel Abroad 09 Mar, 2005

POESY

Pen:I have one penThat is blueI have one sisterTo play with, she is youI have one penThat is yellowI have one friendHe is a dirty fellowRupan GiriLets Bring The Day:It was the dawn of brand new dayThe doors of my eyes opened to birds singing and the...

Travel Abroad 07 Jan, 2005

LETTERS

child labour The children of today are the citizens of tomorrow. But given the daily dose of problems a majority of them are forced to face, a bleak future awaits them. For example, they are facing problems like poverty and child labour. We also find...

27 Jun, 2004

LETTERS

Everything in disorder Our forefathers would not have imagined the situation that Nepalis are facing now. The country is in total disorder — from highways to the government. It may be because of the lack of proper leadership. Even innocent children...

17 Jun, 2004

Gyanodaya, Modern Indian enter last eight

Himalayan News ServiceLalitpur, May 15:Gyanodaya Bal Batika School defeated Rose Bud School by 19 runs and Modern Indian School beat Bhanubhakta Memorial School by two wickets and entered the quarter-finals of the first SNB Memorial Inter-school...

15 May, 2004