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The river has taught me to listen; you will learn from it, too. The river knows everything; one can learn everything from it. — Herman Hesse, Siddhartha There is no...
Issue 116 | July 2011
For those that have been bitten by the safari bug and lived the incredible moment of seeing a tiger in the wild, Nepal with 9 national parks, 4 wildlife reserves...
The river has taught me to listen; you will learn from it, too. The river knows everything; one can learn everything from it. — Herman Hesse, Siddhartha There is no...
Imagine yourself on the trip of a lifetime – headed to a place of exquisite beauty. And imagine getting to live the rare and amazing opportunity of getting to the...
The most beautiful dream that has haunted the heart of man since Icarus is today reality - Louis Bleriot. The most beautiful dream that has haunted the heart of man...
Mountains are the means, the man is the end. The goal is not to reach the top of the mountains, but to improve the man. – Walter Bonatti. The journey...
About a 3-hour scenic drive from Kathmandu and a 166 metre long walk across the Jhulunge pul (wobbly bridge), your bungee experience starts. It's a panic point that becomes real...
We are walkers - our natural means of travel is to put one foot in front of the other. The bicycle seduces our basic nature by making walking exciting. It...
“Most climbers aren’t in fact deranged, they’re just infected with a particularly virulent strain of the Human Condition.” — Jon Krakauer (Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains) As the...
Kumārarūpā Kaumarī mayūravaravāhanā Raktavastradharā tad vacchūlaśaktidharā mata The Matsya Purana, one of the eighteen puranas of ancient Hindu mythology describes the image of Kaumari as the female counterpart of...
Looking back at Nepal’s rich wilderness and bio-diversity In the World Heritage Site area of the Syombhunath Hill, at the base of its southern face, is the old, red monument...
History is a wonderful subject as it tracks the developments of our world, filling in missing pieces and creating a larger picture of how we got to this point in...
His favorite animal is the cat. Not any cat but the big wild cat we know as the tiger. As a development professional, he believes that projects funded by foreign...
Besides my regular writing for this column I also mentor new writers. Some months ago I met a young writer, an American student, heading into the hills on trek. She...
Amidst the ancient temples in the historic city of Bhaktapur, an unassuming building holds the key to a passage that showcases an astonishing body of art. Bhaktapur a world...
The hottest threesome of aalu, bodi and tama would be quite unsatisfying without the piquant, biting flavor of tama (bamboo shoot), a taste the Nepali tongue has gladly grown accustomed...
A globetrotting misician, Strouk’s connection in Nepal has extended into musical collabrations with local artists. Ididn’t choose music, music chose me”, says French musician Samuel Strouk. Strouk first...
Illam is popular among the tourists for a variety of reasons. It has been admired for years now. What makes Illam the place it is today? Culture, nature, a combination...
Founder - President of Children of the Earth (COE), Dr Nina Meyerhof, through her proactive work is making sure the children of the world have a voice. Dr. Nina...
Out Here in Kathmandu is a collection of essays that demonstrate how cities like Kathmandu locally engage, produce and reproduce global cultural processes. The essays in the book showcase Kathmandu...
W e all need to be counted and we all need to know our fellow Nepalis much better than ever before. The true nature of the diversity of this...