Chaanga Chait: A Battle in the Sky
It's a couple of hours past noon and the rays of the sun are quite supple. Anup Mani Dhamala stands atop his rooftop, licks his thumb and points it towards...
It's a couple of hours past noon and the rays of the sun are quite supple. Anup Mani Dhamala stands atop his rooftop, licks his thumb and points it towards...
Asan, a tiny street crammed right in the middle of old and proper Kathmandu, seems to be the center of all Nepalese activities from shopping for vegetables and day-to-day utilities...
It is a towering statue, 108 feet high. It is nearly complete, but still grayish and brown, the construction concrete still coarse and rugged. There are even bits of...
The number 108 is considered sacred and supreme all across the Indian subcontinent and in Tibet and Mongolia, among Hindus and Buddhists, alike. Besides the Tibetan Buddhist scriptures and the...
Inter-country adoption has always been considered a sensitive issue.Its viability has been constantly debated by intellectuals and child welfare organizations around the world. The perspectives of the people involved in...
The barrows and baskets are piled high with vegetables.There are green peppers that seem to be recently plucked from the garden. There are egg-plants and aubergines that shine with their...
Situated almost in the center of the Valley, the Kathmandu Durbar Square, with its red- bricked pagoda temples and semi-European palaces, beckons history along with beauty right before one’s...