Temple Trade
As we walk around Kathmandu Valley and take photographs of ancient palaces, temples and houses, one wonders how it will ever be possible to pay for their upkeep. The issue...
Issue 21 | August 2003
Street kids. The term has become so commonplace. A way of numbing the con-science or identifying a nuisance, it almost keeps us from caring. This worldwide phenomenon has not spared...
As we walk around Kathmandu Valley and take photographs of ancient palaces, temples and houses, one wonders how it will ever be possible to pay for their upkeep. The issue...
Sanukaji Maharjan, 75, still remembers the heydays of straw mats (‘sukul’) in the early 1950’s, when demand was soaring and many of his neighbors made twenty to twenty-five rupees a...
Back in 2002, during the height of the armed unrest in Nepal, a Frenchman by the name of Yves Lallinec could be found wandering the hills of west Nepal, in...
The closing of the Mandala store on Durbar Marg, followed by the simultaneous closings of Nalanda, Tara and Studio Hollywood two years ago, left many fervent fans wondering if they...
He is German Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, His Excellency Mr. Wolf Rüdiger Georg Lemp - otherwise known as Rudi, the mountain biker. This down-to-earth diplomat was granted his request...
Pasang Tsering Maharjan has dedicated his life to preserv ing, developing, and promot ing Himalayan textile arts. For the past decade, he has designed carpets, wall hangings, cushion covers and...