Table of Contents

Issue 158 | January 2015

Remembrance of Things Past

Objects of old become Proustian portals to a time that has all but come to pass. Memories have a strange power over people. There is no telling...

The Canvas of her life

The Canvas of her life

The story of the person behind the persona of Jan Salter Sometime in the 80s, a British woman from Southampton travelled to Jakarta. While she was there,...

A Trip worth a Lifetime

A Trip worth a Lifetime

A personal memoir of a conservationist on his first Red Panda sighting. I am writing this story about a day I will always remember. It was 11th...

Himalayan Truffles

Himalayan Truffles

Prabesh Roka and Dr. Raj Tripathi are risking five years of hard work. Their Himalayan gamble might pay off lavishly for Nepal. Visionary thinking and innovation are deserving of a...

Welcoming Warmer Days!

Welcoming Warmer Days!

Celebrating the first day of spring with a little bit (too much) of sweet. Every year it’s the same old story: my mum pounding on my door...

Here's to my Swasthani Story

Here's to my Swasthani Story

Swasthani brata is an annual Hindu festival in which women fast for their family’s prosperity. Every day for a month, family members also read a chapter from the Swasthani book,...

Turning Streets into Silver Screens

How do you inspire the masses? Show them movies in their own communities. When we took the Makhan Galli, a long time ago, my father told me...

The Man Within My Head

The Man Within My Head

It is winter in Thimphu, Bhutan. Pico Iyer is reading his favorite author, Graham Greene. It is something he has done several times over the decades since he...