“More steps to climb?” I complained; ascending more than 500 of them had made my legs tired already and I had to stop to catch my breath before...
Fig 1: Dhruba Bhakta Mathema with his first grandson and family While reading the recently published Life and Times of Dhruba Bhakta Mathema, two pages near the end...
Winter in Kathmandu valley can feel freezing, although not actually freezing! The temperature during the night falls below zero, leaving frosty fields in open lands, however the daytime temperature seldom...
The image of the potbellied, elephant headed deity seen in every nook and corner of the Kathmandu Valley as well as in other parts of Nepal is none other than...
This important collection of photographs evokes a forgotten era when the Kathmandu Valley was rural, verdant, and astonishingly empty of people. White...
“From the very first page the book starts like historical fiction. The story of Adi Bhakta and his family is the saga of two brothers, the elder a revolutionary who...
I take a right from a wide and busy Kathmandu...
Undoubtedly it is one of the key locations of historic importance in Patan. Alongside the Kathmandu valley itself, once a year this place comes alive with its real...
Left and right, people of all walks of life are walking, chatting, eating, and just plain enjoying life. That is a sight to behold. A warm afternoon on...
123 years ago this month, on December 1, 1896, Buddha’s birthplace was ‘discovered’ in the Nepal Tarai. If you’ve read much about Lumbini, you may know that two...
From 1975 to 1979, Heinrich Meyer worked with the Bhaktapur Development Project, both as an architect and aiding in monument conservation. It was during this period that he...
It was spring, and the weather was rosy and lovely. A sparrow gently flew in and perched itself on the gajur (spire) of the roof of the traditional...
