A Royal Consolation
King Pratap Malla (1641-74) abdicated his throne and proclaimed that his four sons would henceforth rule for one year each. One of the sons, Chakrawatendra, died on the second day...
Issue 106 | September 2010
W here is the ‘ghyao-tel pasal’?” Ask this question to any local of Kathmandu Valley and it’s a safe bet that he/she will know what you are talking about. Everybody,...
King Pratap Malla (1641-74) abdicated his throne and proclaimed that his four sons would henceforth rule for one year each. One of the sons, Chakrawatendra, died on the second day...
W ho doesn’t know about the legendary Gurkhas? If you do, then you also know that the word is almost synonymous with the dashing Gurungs. After the Anglo-Nepal War in...
Author: R.R. Jordan, Publisher: Giridhar Lal Manandhar I am, and have been since February, Resident Minister at this Court, the only independent one now left in India… But my situation...
He was born to play with clay. The signs were already there even as a child. Apparently, during his annaprashan (rice taking ceremony at six months), his tiny hands reached...
The soothing tinkles of wind chimes are ever comforting and calming. When the wind grazes the wind catcher, the flow of musical chimes fills the air with tranquility. And if...
It had been raining heavily as we walked down four kilometers of muddy road within Shivapuri National Park to Nagi Gompa, a small nunnery in Shivapuri Hill where nuns express...
One of the main reasons that I have found to visit Bouddhanath – other than to just enjoy a quiet and uplifting moment while looking up at the magnificent stupa...
W hen my Writer’s Digest (WD) magazine arrived this month I read it (as usual) all in one sitting. The theme was all tens: 10 best books to read, 10...
W hen you walk into any traditional eating place or ‘bhatti,’ you will notice a framed picture or idol of Bhimsen. In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Bhimsen is a very...
Pokhara has to be one of the best all-round places that you can visit in Nepal. How could you dislike its clean and quiet streets, good food, diverse ethnic groups,...
Deep in a dry stream bed, a dust-covered worker is chipping at stones which he then expertly pieces together to create the foundations for a bridge that he and others...
Have you ever been duped by Babas? As you walk in the streets and along the main-roads of Kathmandu, you see half clad, almost unclad and sometimes quite ‘differently clad’...
W hen I got the chance to go for the Everest Flight, it was a wish fulfilled. Just the thought of flying over the Himalayas… it seemed unbelievable. It’s a...
Where is the ‘ghyao-tel pasal’?” Ask this question to any local of Kathmandu Valley and it’s a safe bet that he/she will know what you are talking about. Everybody, but...