Kohdauri, An Awadhi gift of the winters
Falgun, the month of happiness. As we brace for the sweltering summer heat and floody monsoon, our mothers and grandmothers are busy ensuring that our meals remain delicious in the…
Falgun, the month of happiness. As we brace for the sweltering summer heat and floody monsoon, our mothers and grandmothers are busy ensuring that our meals remain delicious in the…
Mayadevi, a hardworking woman from a rural village in Nepal, walks 5 km every day to fetch water for her family, carrying it in a weathered paint bucket. The rest…
The Sikali Jatra is a festival celebrated in the historical city of Lalitpur, specifically in the village of Khokana. This jatra is held in honor of the goddess Sikali, also…
"I am not Enough" is a common feeling that adolescent girls face in our country. There are many reasons behind this, including societal expectations, mindsets, and surroundings that inundate girls…
As young girls, we have all come across situations where we have so much going on in our heads that we really want to let it out in front of…
With a cup of hot Timmure tea in hand, Malarani, stares at the pouring rain from her kitchen door with pain in her eyes. The monsoon has arrived late this…
#Climatecrisis in #nepal "The Goddess must be really angry with us, the Nepalese people!" This is what Malarani, one of our farmer partners in rural Surkhet remarked when we were…
My first encounter with Alainchi/Big cardamon/Black cardamom/Badi Elaichi was a rather confusing one. You see, my mother used the powdered version of it, so I didn’t see the real fruit…
Bukni, Bharua, aaloo tikki, nimona, rikwach, and bafauri. Which one of these dishes have you tasted? Let me guess, aaloo tikki. These are but a small part of the plethora…