Anutara Shakya

The Thangka Guru

The Thangka Guru

A four-storey commercial building at Hattisar is the last place you would expect a thangka school to be. Still, when I visited the school, I expected to find a doorway...

The Dhime girl

The Dhime girl

Bhaktapur still holds a lot of secrets. One of the better kept ones is the story of Indira Lacchimasyu, the first female to play the dhime bajaa. Rarely do...

In course of time

In course of time

The traditional ways of metal crafting in Kathmandu remain as robust as the images they create The continuous rhythmic clanging of hammer against metal plays in the background. This...