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Issue 113 | April 2011

Sarbada

Sabina Kakri’s ‘Sarbada’ is a compilation of eleven familiar tunes. This is her second album and it features songs mainly from the pop-sentimental genre. The songs are a mixture of...

Praising The Guru

Praising The Guru

Kathmandu’s Sikh community or Satsang has dwindled over the years for various reasons: economic, political and migratory. Yet, a strong connection remains and it is still home for many. Last...

Beeshazar Tal

Beeshazar Tal

With a name as grand, the lake is a little known slice of paradise; one you might not even want to share details about. On that morning in...

An Organic Revolution

An Organic Revolution

The organic way of life is slowly becoming less of a passing trend and more of a lifestyle, for an increasingly number of people. Non-violence in the garden Towards...

Deliciously Deceptive

Deliciously Deceptive

Tasting as exotic as it sounds, Mustang Coffee is the perfect drink for a cold winter’s day. Icurse the day I chose to put on my Converse shoes to...

A Walk On The Wild Side

A Walk On The Wild Side

A Wildlife Reserve makes for a holiday with a difference, if you are prepared to rough it out. If relaxing by the pool, fine continental meals and twenty-four hour...

A Town in a Time Warp

Bandipur, once a popular stop on a busy trade route, is now a tourist destination, attracting both kinds of tourism – domestic and international. Over the last two decades...

Of Mountains and Dogs

Of Mountains and Dogs

Don Messerschmidt first encountered one of these big dogs of the Himalayas, as a 23 year-old Peace Corps volunteer, on a yak pasture high above the Thak Khola Valley. As...

Remembering a Deified Hero

Remembering a Deified Hero

The charisma and legend of the Maryada Purushottam we know as Lord Rama, seems to have faded among failing relationships and broken marriages. Hare Rama, hare rama, rama rama,...

Your Creative Muse

Your Creative Muse

A muse is someone who presides over the creative arts, inspiring artists and writers. Do you have one? Is he or she a real person, or an invented or mythical...