Bahi Dyo: The Outbound Courtyard Deity
Modern times are enforcing undesirable but necessary changes in the age-old practice of publicly showcasing the religious, artistic and economic heritage of many Newar Buddhist families of Kathmandu valley. ...
Issue 143 | October 2013
Every autumn kites fill the clear blue skies over Kathmandu in an aerial show that the entire city engages in, as a custom and a sport, and a fight. ...
Modern times are enforcing undesirable but necessary changes in the age-old practice of publicly showcasing the religious, artistic and economic heritage of many Newar Buddhist families of Kathmandu valley. ...
Trout farms have proved to be lucrative business for Nuwakot’s farmers. They are also fabulous getaways for Kathmandu’s vacation-craving population. Bikram Lama dips his net in a pond where...
News in the local media about the opening of the road to Rara Lake was a calling for the Yeti Travels adventure team; thirteen days of body aching, nerve wrecking...
Kuri village in Dolakha District is a classic example of what electricity and roads can do for – and do to – a village A thin plume of smoke...
Darjeeling singer’s singles capture the imagination of Nepali music lovers in the mood for quality Nepali folk music What I have gathered from my e-mail and Facebook correspondence with...
I wind my way through the madly overgrown garden and reach the secluded studio standing at one corner, away from the main mansion. A faded collage of three women stares...
Bhairaj Maharjan, a simple, humble and devoted artist talks about his work and the inspiration behind them. As a young boy, Bhairaj Maharjan sketched stories of movies for friends...
With a tattoo convention called Nepal Inked just around the corner, a once thiriving part of Nepali culture is making a steady comeback. For tattoo enthusiasts, it was never gone....
Gaijatra was started to show a queen that she wasn’t the only one to lose a loved one. Today it continues to help people who have lost their own realize...
Can enjoyment as the reason for festivities and celebration mean it no longer needs meaning to sustain? When I reached Mahapal of Patan on the fine morning of the...
Coffee, design and craft come together beautifully at an unassuming store near Lazimpat. Adjoining the Shangrila Hotel in Lazimpat is Ranibari Lane. A few turns later a neat, white...
A recent story in the International Herald Tribune got me thinking about the speed of modern communications and travel. It was about the ‘Voyager-1’ spacecraft. If you remember (are you...
On a recent trip to Tibet we stopped at the renowned cave where Milarepa meditated. Once you cross the Nepal-China friendship bridge at Kodari, and are on the highway to...