Showdown Dharan 2015: Mountain biking comes to the East!
Not many would associate Dharan as a likely mountain biking mecca. Not the heat, not the flats, not the slick black-topped roads. Nothing helps. But standing at Bhetedar hill station–...
Issue 160 | March 2015
Finding yourself in the proximity of Kathmandu’s early history in the caves of Chobhar Before Manjushree caves in Chobar were made open to the public in 2007, the caves...
Not many would associate Dharan as a likely mountain biking mecca. Not the heat, not the flats, not the slick black-topped roads. Nothing helps. But standing at Bhetedar hill station–...
A Nepali who currently resides abroad describes his first trip to Pokhara in over a decade. When one has been away for as long as I have from...
Bali’s lieutenants are on sentinel duty. They pace up and down to look for an opportune moment to strike Sughriv’s gang. While, members of the Sughriv gang are savoring food...
Bhajan to Gods and kings aren’t just mere adulations, singing and listening to it is also a way of coming to peace with yourself. In the early 19th century,...
How two dreams dreamt a world apart is helping reinvigorate Nepali folk music. The Music House in Kirtipur isn’t exactly an easy building to spot. Located in...
The road to Maratika goes well beyond the surface to an ultimate goal of immortality. Change is inevitable! We have to flow with it, and even though...
With Shivaratri and Holi around the bend, we take a look at an integral part of the festivities, that no one wants you to know about. The...
Amidst the melee of shops vying for a shopper’s attention at Maru, sweet shops feature prominently. Competing with popular mo:mo joints, new fast food hubs and street vendors selling juicy...
Colors are metaphors and images symbolic. Expressing through colors and images is a challenge, yet Sheelasha Rajbhandari is out to take this art form to new heights. Her art is...
Leafing open Kevin Bubriski’s newly released Nepal 1975-2011, I’d decided to skip the essay and prologue and go straight for the first photograph. Good morning. A winter scene taken early...
The daura suruwal is Nepal’s national outfit, but it’s becoming more of an attire to be decked up in for special occasions. The title might put off some people:...
Some writers are like trekkers, moving boldly along like a straight arrow to their destination, as if nothing else matters. Or, they may wander about, hither and yon,...