Celebrating the Man Behind the Writing
The bust of a mustachioed gentleman wearing the traditional labeda with a sash over the right shoulder and a black rounded topi, holding a book in his right...
Issue 212 | July 2019
Kathmandu is a city filled with traditional and famous temples that attract hundreds of people everyday, such as Swayambhunath, Boudhanath and those in the valley’s Durbar Squares, which...
The bust of a mustachioed gentleman wearing the traditional labeda with a sash over the right shoulder and a black rounded topi, holding a book in his right...
The Nepalese artist Lain Singh Bangdel (1919-2002) was a prolific painter who favored figurative art, landscapes, and abstract expressionism. Figurative art represents or symbolizes some aspect of reality....
A traditional food preparation technique from the south comes to Kathmandu, with delicious results for us all As much as we love all of today’s modern cooking...
A pioneer in the tourism industry, Prabhakar SJB Rana has touched the lives of many. A man of virtue, he always put others first and took no nonsense...
In our culture, a door is a medium to let God enter. But what about our windows? Is it something that is more than just an opening to...
There’s no other like it in the Kathmandu Valley: the stupa of “multiple auspicious doors,” a white structure with 120 niches that sits in the shadow of its...
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE was born in Auckland 100 years ago on 20 July, 1919, a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist who was hurtled...
The unusual title of my book, The Living Pyramid was not chosen by accident. I could say that it all happened by chance, but as I’ve come to...
Many subjects of our craft section come to our attention via research, but The White Yak caught my my eye in the best, old fashioned way: word of...
There are many new and interesting craft shops in the valley—with more opening all the time—yet somehow Dhukuti still holds a special place in my heart. It’s where...
Where there’s an adventure, there is bound to be risks. Are you up for the challenge? If so, you might want to go for the Three Passes Trek...
As the saying goes ‘make hay while the sun shines,’and local communities in Nepal have the habit of saving food items for the rainy season when vegetables are...
Handmade in Lake City at MidTown Galleria is Pokhara's newest exclusively handmade market event for young local artisans and crafters. This thoughtfully curated platform is the perfect place...
Nepal is well known for its adventurous and thrilling activities that are varied and particularly enjoyable alongside the natural beauty of the country. With hot summer days now with us,...