Bugging Jiri
To Jiri and back, 17 Vintage Volkswagens travelled, promoting domestic tourism and celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first Everest ascent. The busy road of Durbarmarg seemed strangely empty...
Issue 140 | July 2013
SABAH Nepal’s work in highlighting home-based women’s role in the Nepalese economy has now taken the form of a clothing store shop in Kupondole. The numbers stand at over...
To Jiri and back, 17 Vintage Volkswagens travelled, promoting domestic tourism and celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first Everest ascent. The busy road of Durbarmarg seemed strangely empty...
Forty years after the first human conquest on Everest in 1953 by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary, the world’s highest peak was still an untouched territory for Nepali...
Better view of the Himalayas than Pokhara and a fair share of mythology make Dhamphus an enjoyable hike. Why else to go? Find out. It sounded strange, if not incredible....
Gold represents prosperity yes, but also a way of life and continuity of family traditions for the Newars of the Kathmandu Valley. It all started with a wedding. In...
A glimpse into the history of Nepal’s eldest newspaper It is difficult, for many of us, to imagine a life without computers, mobile phones or tablet devices, these...
Where there is will, there is a always a greener way The words “green” and “Kathmandu” sounds like antonyms to its residents and to visitors alike. But a group of...
nos·tal·gi·a noun A wistful longing for past time or events; the evocation of this emotion, as in a story, book or film. Reminiscence. Sentimentality. Melancholy. When I saw...
In the past decade, we have all diverted a lot of energy to conserving the tangible heritage of the Kathmandu valley. The three Malla period palaces, Pashupati and Changu Narayan...
Sarod player Suresh Bajracharya talks about the instrument that established him as an up and coming musician. Underneath an evening sky, I sat down in Patan Museum courtyard with the...
A Ten-Year Journey from the Villages of Nepal to the Halls of Congress ‘You can’t pump water uphill!’ But Rajeev Goyal has, despite the odds and the old cliché. ...
A closer look at one of Late Ramananda Joshi’s great works depicts a sense of awe and poignancy encouraged by recklessly progressive mankind. A buffalo paces with a man and...
Dya Khaa pasa:, traditional shops that describe the trade behavior of the past still exchange goods from food items to powerful medicinal herbs A mix of mysterious aromas rises...