Hidden stories
Published On :
30th April 2020
Posted by : Laxmi Chaudhary
Category :
Concurrent issues
Public transportation: cheap, easy to find, and anyone can ride; no matter what identity you carry. A lot of people are busy and in a rush these days. Not everyone can afford their own vehicle and not everyone has to travel daily. So, the easiest and the cheapest option available is public transport. While traveling, we see and meet a lot of unique people; people who discuss their own household problems in a loud manner or speak in a loud voice on the phone like they are only one in the bus; people who use earphones not giving a care about anyone or reading books. It’s kind of fun sometimes to listen to those unique stories and create memories. But w.....
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Body Shaming
Published On :
2nd May 2020
Posted by : Sadiksha Dahal
"You're not fat, you're beautiful."
"Hey skinny, you're so lucky you can eat whatever you want"
These are some of the instances we come across very often. It is called body shaming. Body shaming, as the name implies is an act of making critical, potentially humiliating comments about a person's body size, weight or height. Body shaming is never cool. It is a form of bullying. It can cause physical and mental trauma to the one being body shamed.
We have been body shaming and been body shamed through different portals. Whether it be at school, college, home; social media, newspaper, television, radio, movies, etc. Our culture loves the ideology of a.....
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My First Period
Published On :
21st February 2020
Posted by : Sanju Maharjhan
It was a breezy Tuesday morning in December. It was my Social Studies exam and I still had a few chapters to review. I freshened up quickly and started reading those remaining portion. Then, suddenly I started having a terrible pain in my lower abdomen. It became so extreme that I thought my abdomen would explode that day. I had no idea what was going on.
The 13 year old child in me thought maybe it was due to weakness as I had been skipping meals due to the exams. Despite such severe pain, I ignored it and continued studying.
Soon after my breakfast I rushed to the school assembly. The scheduled exams got delayed that day. While we were studyi.....
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