From Vision to Reality
Those were the days when the upscale residential district that includes what is now known as ‘Jhamel’ was so desolate that wolves and foxes roamed around freely once the sun...
Those were the days when the upscale residential district that includes what is now known as ‘Jhamel’ was so desolate that wolves and foxes roamed around freely once the sun...
“A monk called Gotama, it seems, a son of the Sakyans, who went forth into homelessness from a Sakyan clan, has come...He teaches a True Idea that is good in...
There’s a place in Patan, near Kumaripati, where a fire has burned continuously for four-thousand years and more. Sound intriguing, right? However, when you come to know the name of...
Blessed with great ecological diversity, Nepal invites you to come and trek on its mountain trails and experience many different lifestyles and cultures. In addition, you are assured of plenty...
Bhaat, dahl, and tarkari was fine as far as it went, but for the swarms of tourists visiting Nepal, and especially Kathmandu, in the 1970s and 1980s, they also missed...
1. Sari If you’re a woman and are invited somewhere traditional, a sari is the way to go. From cotton to silk to chiffon to fancy embroidery, there’s something...
A friend was visiting Kathmandu after many, many years, and we decided to take a tour of Bhaktapur. I myself hadn’t been there for quite some time, so the trip...
“One should try to know everythingof something, and something of everything”—so says Prof. Upendra Man Malla, who did his thesis on “Human Geography of Nepal Valley” a long time ago,...
It’s all pretty much overwhelming. A World Heritage Site Monument Zone, some half an hour from Kathmandu city, and you are suddenly in the midst of a world that is...
The two big festivals of Nepal, Dashain and Tihar, is followed by the biggest festival of the Terai, that is, Chhath Puja(Nov 11-Nov 14, 2018). This festival is...
As it is, due to the rampant migration of the young to foreign lands for employment (some lucrative, some so-so) there is already a shortage of workers in many sectors...
The full moon day of late August, every year,is an auspicious one. This is the day of JanaiPurnima, when Brahmins change their sacred thread (janai). This is also the day...