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  PABITRA, THE SOLO TRAVERLER FROM NEPAL Her adventurous life is full of surprises By LB Thapa It is an undeniable fact that, in recent times, the number of female solo travelers has increased around the world. And the numbers are always increasing. However, solo travel is a different phenomenon. In a normal situation, people travel with their family members and friends and sometimes alone. Well, traveling is always fraught with many known and unknown dangers. Thus, very few people dare to travel alone. But in recent times, the concept of solo travel has surged like never before.  Over the last few years, the numbers of both male and female solo travelers have increased tremendously. Male solo travelers are okay, but female solo travelers have also jumped on the bandwagon and surprised the world with their courage and stamina. Today, there are many popular travelers, and many of them are female solo travelers. And they are not a few hundred, but they are in the hundreds and ...

Ram Bahadur Bomjon’s arrest has raised some questions By LB Thapa Over the last couple of years, incidences of rape and murder have soared dramatically in the country. According to a report, 17,790 women and girls were raped in the last decade, and rape cases are on the rise by 20 percent every year. This is certainly not a good piece of news for a small country like Nepal. In the last fiscal year, the Nepal Police registered 144 cases of rape and 687 cases of attempts to rape. Data further shows that only in five months in 2020, a total of 1,221 women were raped in the country. The data further certifies that, on average, seven women are raped daily in Nepal.  Without a doubt, such incidences of rape and murder paint a grim picture of Nepal. And the increasing number of such cases does not give a good message to the international community, which still admires Nepal as the land of Buddha, where the crime rate is far lower compared to other countries.  But when Ram Bahadur...

  MANAU SEWA ASHRAM POKHARA Helping the helpless LB Thapa Ever since Manausewa Ashram came into existence in 2012, the Ashram has been doing great work. Now the Ashram has become the home of several men and women who are not capable of fending themselves. Had the Ashram not brought them to its home, they would have been living on the street--- unnoticed and unattended.   Seeing the true dedication of the people behind running this Ashram, now even our government has started helping them with infrastructure development activities. Lately, my wife and I visited one of the branches of Manausewa Ashram located at Chhorepatan, opposite Devi’s Falls. We spent a quality time with the people living in the Ashram. We offered food for them and a little financial help for the construction of a new Ashram building in Hemja. New building of Manausewa Ashram under construction in Hemja.  We have made it mandatory to celebrate our son’s birthday at Old Age Ashrams. We have b...