A Look at Katunjepani in Sindhupalchowk

प्रकृति को रमणीय बाताबरण छ हेर यहाँ इन्द्रवती अटल छ जुगल हिमाल जहाँ । स्मरण आउछ सधै त्यहाँको पाखा अनि पहरा कुहुकुहु स्वर कोइली को अनि वनजङगल लहरा ।   I am Suraj Parajuli from Sindhupalchok, about 70km north of Kathmandu, where I live and study now. Although I...

One close example of Discrimination

My house is on a hill in Sangachok, Sindhupalchok, so in order to get to my friend Sita’s* house, I walk down this hill, through an alley, and cross the road. I would meet Sita, who is one year older than me, every morning before going to school. This day was no...
Fund Collection for Flood Victims

Fund Collection for Flood Victims

By mid-August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Nepalese had been affected by a massive flood. Many houses were destroyed and our country’s rice production was be adversely affected. Upon learning  this news,  the Samaanta family made a plan to collect funds to support...
Samaanta year 6

Samaanta year 6

It is hard to believe that Samaanta Foundation is now into its sixth year. What began as a small effort to provide some funds to deserving public school students has grown rapidly, and organically, into a comprehensive fellowship programme. In these years, we have...

Homegrown Help for Deserving Students in Nepal

  NewYork Times – KOTH GAUN, Nepal — It is not the easiest of villages to find: Up a narrow dirt road full of hairpin turns, which turns into an even narrower walking path, there are severe drop-offs on one side, with sweeping views of the Katmandu Valley...