What does it take to become a star? Practice? Talent? Determination? Bimala Tamang displays these traits in abundance as she takes Labisha Uprety for a...
He goes on stage and brings the audience to ease, with a subtle humor and humility that lucidly oozes out of him. Samip Dhungel is...
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Participating in a youth forum made me see that we aren’t too far from other countries in terms of climate change adaptation.
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Doing something new is always a challenge, but taking a hobby to a professional level is completely different. Some attain success and some don’t.
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There’s no reason not to make that extra effort and go visit Bouddhanath. Mark my words, Bouddha will not disappoint you. Often, you...
There was a time when scientists worked hard to find a way to click color pictures. But today, we are again moving back in time...
Corrigendum: The team Teenz would like to apologize for referring to Softwarica College as Softwarica Institute and for writing the wrong surnames for Amrita Nepal,...
We all want to look great, no matter the occasion. But there are some common mistakes that we make which may lead to our whole...
Photography is a very interesting art. The pictures you click doesn’t always...
Coelho’s first instinct on writing always is to motivate his readers, with Aleph this becomes obvious. The book does seem familiar with Alchemist already on...
The reminiscence of my childhood is imprinted on the back of my neck. The loss of my grandmother was so devastating and unbearable that I...
DSLR is a fancy apparatus that has always described to me the secret behind the most wonderful pictures. Everyone gets excited about using and experimenting...
Playing with light is a fun part of having a camera. Photography isn’t just about clicking what we can view it’s also as much about...
It’s Valentine week!” Leela, my best friend exclaimed. “Did she dedicate an entire week to love?” I thought to myself. It was a misty wintry...
An institution where knowledge is not limited to the books and internet rather flows around walls. The practical oriented modules and friendly environment of the...
When darkness falls, light plays its own song everywhere. And, it is bliss that we have a moment freezer with us now to capture the...
All of us have heard ‘The Underwater Song’ by Ankit Shrestha by now; here’s the story behind the man, and how he came across that...
Every one of us has been labeled a volunteer at least once in our lives and I am sure you must have felt proud of...
Moments are what we live by and moments are what we are weaving all through life. But, still there never seems to be enough; and...
FIFA’ 14 is a title that will simply sell on its own. But has the new installment broken any new boundaries, undertaken bolder risks, and...
You add each other up, joke, laugh, upload a nice picture and probably even fake a few words.Cyber relationships are absurd. A few days of...
Every city and village in Nepal requires an active and involved group like Sanskriti to encourage and motivate its youth through various art forms. Sanskriti is...
Today, I’m a manic depressive. I wake up at ungodly hours of the night and find myself staring at the ceiling, making a list of...
Everybody nowadays wants to blog. But sometimes, we have no idea how to go about it. For those of us, who don’t know how to...
Being a spectator is easy, but when it comes to voicing our opinion we choose to remain mute. The courage to stand up for something...
Last night, my little cousin refused to play hopscotch with us and was instead busy changing the password on her shiny, new iPhone. She’s 10...
It was a stunning summer day. Arm in arm, Sikuma and I went back and forth the narrow alleys of New Road until we finally...
I am a human being, the scientific name for which is Homo sapiens, which in Latin translates to ‘wise man’. I also happen to be...
So the BIG question- What do you want to do at University next year?” “Umm...I am thinking I will study Fine Arts.” “Fine Arts? Why...
Trance the dance people! It takes you to a whole new world. And the new world is amazing! Electronic beats, color collusions, free movement of body...
“I am not a man of rules, but a man of spirit and discipline,” says Father Augustine, Principal of St. Xavier College. We had a...
The road to personal musical satisfaction is long and arduous. Acclaimed musicians have always looked to satisfy themselves first with what it is that they have...
The touch of her coarse skin against the tip of your fingers. Her endearing smell; either as fresh as spring or of years of history...
If you live life like there is no tomorrow, then there may not be a tomorrow. he roads in Nepal are incredibly unpredictable. They are...
34 year old Manish Lal Shrestha, or the ‘Bell Man’ as he is famously called, does whatever his sensitivity asks him to. He is currently...
Tall, short, skinny, muscular, beautiful, brainy, artistic: with so many to choose from, we are involuntarily bound to compare and decide what we like the...
There are over four thousand colleges and universities in the United States. It is confusing for a student to choose a good university because you...
This month, the Teenz team brings to you 15 interesting young talents. VIRTUAL REALALITY MAN Headstrong and a complete romantic at heart, Aditya Malla, 24, is the...
Astha Tamang-Maskey is not just a pretty face with a golden voice. Let her petite stature not deceive you. She is also a certified sound...
If there is one thing that takes away BlackBerry’s serious enterprise image, it’s got to be the Playbook. Don’t think otherwise, this nifty tablet from...
As a child, all holds and bars were broken loose to enter the entertaining world of TV shows with had animated characters out of this...
Kathmandu, like any other country in the world, is...
There is more to Sanjeet Tuladhar than just being an ace drummer who has shared the stage with the likes of Abhaya and the Steam...
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to...
“I want to be free, empowered, in charge of my own life; I want to live my dreams.” Who doesn’t? The question is: Why haven’t...
What is the price you pay to discover yourself? Well, for most of us, quite a bit actually. For many individuals, college is that transition...
Going back to exactly a year back, I was probably running around the streets of Kathmandu fooling around living young; wild and free! I was...
Imagine a world without dogs and the world suddenly appears to be dark and love-less. Here is one for all those who love their pets. He...
When you are applying to the U.S. colleges and universities, apart from a strong academic background and stellar standardized test scores, admissions officers of most...
I look down at the earth, my country - Nepal, my town - Kathmandu, my neighborhood - Lazimpat and zoom further inside my house. I...
Everyone sings praises of mothers, but here is one on fathers by Sudeshana Karki, a father’s daughter. Music blared from the speakers and we were surrounded...
Lately, Nepal has been introduced to a host of different sports events. There was the ACC U-19 Women’s Cricket, and the 6th National Games, AFC...
Are extra classes actually that important? Or is it rather burdening and unnecessary? Parents send their children to take extra lessons and blame the crowded...
London, a metropolitan city, where the city never sleeps, and people are always on the run can be quite an intimidating place to go to...
It’s that time of the year when exams are looming near… and some of us are full of fear! Do your upcoming board exams have...
How long have you been working for this institution? I’ve been working here right from the start. Mrs. Bidya Limbu and I together founded Little...
“What is the base of computers?" “Abacus” “Researches in brain science reveal that the left hemisphere of our brain provides analytical information processing and is...
THIRD prize Winner of TeenZ Short Story Contest It was a windy spring afternoon. Sebastian, a tall, blond-haired teenager was driving his 80-year-old grandfather, Travis,...
As I work away from my home, my brother gets to be with me a few times in a couple of months, so I see...
Q.1 The future of Nepal literally rests on your shoulders, what does that mean to you? How big of a responsibility is it? As you...
There’s so much information out there on the World Wide Web – some good, some bad, and some plain useless. When it comes to doing...
A surge of brilliance flashed through the old man’s head and lasted for about a minute and again he was empty, barren. His thoughts were...
I don’t know about what other kids dreamt of when they were little; but apart from going to the moon, being on TV has always...
I have acclimatized myself to the world of books and illness and hospital smells and the tongue twisters of names of tablets and pills and...
Shiv sipped on his now lukewarm cup of coffee, and feels the bitter sweet taste of the dark liquid slowly engulfing his body. As if...
13th Feb 2008, I still remember the date when I left everything behind and set for a new journey to begin. I was journeying into...
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Are you comfortable talking on the phone? Have you talked to that guy you’ve had a crush on since years? That girl you so desperately...
The Dead Mariners are ‘Whispering of the leaves creases the tomb lord Slow pain inside my black heart Roaring tragedy inside the coral eyes Necromantic ritual...
Sometime around July 2011, talks were going on between Higher Secondary Schools’ Association and Kathmandu Metropolitan Traffic Police to ban the three ms- Motorcycles, Miniskirts...
In the three years since I have graduated from Webster University I have had several people – prospective students and parents of prospective students alike,...
The future of Nepal literally rests on your shoulders, what does that mean to you? How big of a responsibility is it? It is a...
I always imagined a situation where I would have to lose the love of my life. But never had I imagined that my imagination would...
Scarecrow relentlessly stands by the midpoint of sunflower farm of Mrs. Carpenter in suburb of Sweetwater, hectically chasing all flying lives by his surrendered limbs...
The perfect day-out with friends is every teenager’s dream. It’s one of those occasions when you get to meet up away from the tension of...
And of course the one thing that one most certainly does during their youth is “Go Out On A Date”. In a society that is...
The moment I heard him, I fell in love – with his words. Yamabuddha’s words are powerful but even more powerful is the way he...
Every August we celebrate the International Friendship Day, Week and of course- the Friendship Month; an entire thirty-one days dedicated to the people that make...
This is not another girl-power article. We’ve had lots of those, bemoaning how girls are discriminated against, and how, despite everything, the writer is proud...
It started on a fine, sunny Saturday afternoon. The shopping floor was busy and in absolute hullaballoo. I was just wandering around doing my regular...
When most Nepalis go to a foreign land for their further studies, they end up doing menial work and even after the completion of the...
Going to college in the US was nothing like I imagined it would be. The only impression I had of US colleges were from Hollywood...
I never imagined how challenging it would be to move to a country where you didn’t speak a single word of their language. That’s what...
We sit in a warm café, tables lit only by the flickering light of the candle, warm food on the table, untouched. She is distracted,...
You’ve heard them, you’ve hummed along to their famous songs and sang along with them at their concerts. Now you can literally hang them on...
What happens when a Nepali teenager who has lived her earlier lives in Nepal goes to a foreign land. It feels so long ago when on...
What do you want to be in the future? A blunt stare. A short sigh. An indifferent reaction. A satirical remark. Every kind of response is...
The sweat-shirt is “handed” over to you because your sister does not fit into it anymore. The cell-phone you always wished to carry is finally...
To be able to provide solace, to evoke emotions, to forge bonds – music’s magical prowess surpasses even that of Dumbledore’s. Whatever the genre, each...
Fresco loved the backpack of unpredictability that his life brought about. He had recently turned 20 and had started realizing the need to stand on...
Two years ago, when I first saw Lafayette it was not a love at first sight. I am a rising junior now, and in the...
Principal, Adarsha Vidya Mandir (AVM) Higher Secondary School, Manbhawan, Lalitpur 1. The future...
The beverage world seems to have something new in store for all Kathmanduites. A perfect drink for summer – bubble tea might taste quite strange...
Chaya Gupta can quote whoever she wants but people with siblings know better. Soul sister, my foot! Sibling rivalry exists in every family and threatens...
As a child, I wove stories. I brought brilliant beasts to life, I molded beautiful young princesses and I made up a world with astounding...
Where did you grow up and go to school? I grew up in Kathmandu and finished schooling at Malpi International School. When did you first start...
When you simply look at the Project boys, you will not catch the air of their talents. They are the exact opposite of haughty adolescents...
If there is one language that is understood by all, it’s the language of dance. For dance emotes a thousand sentiments and is the most...
Blue in Silence” comprising Anmol Mahora on drums , Sakriya Mahora on guitar, Suraj Malla on vocal and acoustic, Nirmal Gurung on bass and Arnesh...
They say, “Dreams do come true.” That is how I felt when I found out that I had been accepted to Stanford University. Besides being...
Years pass and the pencil-lines on your wall span your whole life history. 5’1 had a fight with a very close friend, 5’4 failed in...
The streets of Putalisadak are dusty and smoggy all the time. Strains of music rise from the multitude of music classes, drums thud away. People...
These words jump from posters for the Deathly Hallows. The tag line/phrase is short, the message...
An Interview with the Principal of Shuvatara School, Rani Gurung Kakshyapati about her teenage years. On being the head of school 1. The future of Nepal...
With many teenagers getting into a relationship today and a new one the next day, breakups these days come cheap. But do teenagers realize the...
Ruby Rana Shah Miss Nepal 1994 (First Miss Nepal) I love Children Traveling Honest people I hate Liars Pollution Dirty politics A Beauty Queen...
Tom Lyon - UK Well if you can generalise from my example I...
Teenage is a time most adults fondly reminisce of, an age that kids and adolescents wish to reach faster. But in all reality, teenage could...
I remember a girl when I was young, a girl with bright eyes who I used to play with. Our parents were friends and we’d...
Four years is what it takes to make a man. Four excruciating years! Each passing day at high school is a new life lived. Each...
August 9th, 2010: The day I left Nepal and made an exit to see the wonderful world.
The blindingly gushing wind had made it impossible for Dorje to make any sense of reality as he stood taking deep breaths at the slope...
So, what is slam poetry, really? We slammed an undercover with some slam poetry queries. Here is what that person had to say. Who is a...
Where are those days when we played dandi biyo, kabaddi, chungi, guccha, baghchal and other games that have their origins here in our very own...
Here are the rules for the young bike riders from Bigyan Raj Sharma, the head of the Traffic Police Department. It is his 11 major...
Girls love girly things- colorful nail polish, extensions, Mills & Boons, dresses, shoes…there is no ending to our liking!
It was a terrible death, she suffered long and every time the vet shook his head and readied the saline tube, I died. One...
Insomnia: A small word with a relatively bigger impact. What could be more tiring than being physically unable to take a rest after a long...
Best man, check. Good looks, check. Guests, check. Priest, check. Ring, check. He was again going to one of those ceremonies that come in...
Teachers who have taught you in class can write a recommendation letter for you. Usually, colleges ask for two to three letters of recommendation. Letters...
What do the teenagers of today really want to do? Do they really like going outside of their country and study or would they rather...
‘Firetongue’ clinched the second spot in the third season of the ‘Sprite Band Challenge’ music competition. Formed in 2006, the band entered the competition along...
Little droplets poured down my face and the umbrella was gone too. I was frightened. I couldn’t stand there forever I thought, so I said...
Standardized tests are an important component of applying to U.S. colleges and universities. They measure students’ abilities across a standard platform. It is important to...
Attending college is one of the greatest experiences life has to offer. Read on to find out how a young girl from Nepal learns to...
The second installment to the on-going series brings you face to face to your daily inspirations that have gone un-noticed.
Is it really that exhilarating being a teen? Many of us are so used to these boring, monotonous routines of our life. I mean, nothing...
Kristina Allen is a fresh new artist on the rise. The 15-year old singer has just released her debut album ‘Nabadhana (Don’t Tie me up)’...
Do you know how it feels to land all alone in an unknown town? Those scary new faces, those dusty new roads, and everything seems...
You hear them everytime on the radio. Their magical voice travels through the airwaves. Radio Jockeys (RJs) stay in the background and give you company...
Are you thinking of applying to study in the USA? If you’re...
My only reaction to this was, “how on earth am I going to be able to remember all their names and make friends?”
A rule that bans college and school-going students from riding scooters and motorbikes has forced students to use public transportation. Is this effective? Or are...
Get closer to the Teenz Team and follow one of the writers through his life. Stay tuned every month for the inside scoop into the...
Home alone because your parents are out and you got no siblings?...
Before becoming the heartthrobs of millions of Nepali people, Sarun Tamrakar and Payal Shakya were but normal students studying in Kathmandu. Now, they are back...
Bipin Nakarmi aka DJ BPM is one of the most happening DJs in Nepal. At 22, he has already performed at many major events around...
After the popularity of the famous song “ekanta cha thaun” Alis Rana, the 21 year-old-singer, now a composer, music director, graphic designer and an owner...
Parenting is the toughest task in the entire universe. Raising a child means bearing a lot of troubles. You do not get spared even if...
“MyFriendWasVomitingBloodAndaPartofhisSkullCracked” -Atraumatic tale of a teenage driver who lived to tell it. Acrowd of at least ten people gathered around the accident spot. But...
Sadichha Shrestha (Miss Nepal 2010) Who did you...
1. Give customized mugs or t-shirts that was personally designed by you; design a special t-shirt or mug having...
Surabaya left the house on his bicycle when the servants at the house were readying the supper. His leather bag hugged his body. His mother’s...
Teenage love is called ‘Puppy love’ because first we are young, but first also is the fact that...
What they play Thrash metal. Playing as a band since 2006. Jamming for more than a decade. Under Their Belt An EP (Extended Play) of...
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