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Issue 217 | December 2019

Tyre Treasures: The Future of Crafting

While many in Kathmandu are working on recycling plastics and paper, tyres have rarely been mentioned. That is, until Ojaswi Baidya and Loonibha Manandhar won...

A Path through the Past

A Path through the Past

Left and right, people of all walks of life are walking, chatting, eating, and just plain enjoying life. That is a sight to behold. A warm afternoon on...

Who 'Discovered' Lumbini?

Who 'Discovered' Lumbini?

123 years ago this month, on December 1, 1896, Buddha’s birthplace was ‘discovered’ in the Nepal Tarai. If you’ve read much about Lumbini, you may know that two...

The Shop, the Museum and the Guardian

The Shop, the Museum and the Guardian

Bhaktapur has long been the property of traditional arts, architecture, historical monuments, craft work, pottery, culture, religion and so on. It is also the home of the country’s...

The future for crafts in Nepal is bright

Watching the tourists in Mangal Bazaar, the Durbar square of Lalitpur District, nearly every day since the 1970s, as they gaze at the temples, doors, windows and statues...

Ask The Ruggist

Ask The Ruggist

As preface to these answers I would like to say that while many people consider me an expert - a distinction I have reluctantly come to accept -...

Get Ready for Upcycling!

Get Ready for Upcycling!

It was a family gathering (you know how relatives go after you, your life and your future in those family events). Fate had decreed that Nitesh Sharma had to...

Banners to Bags

Banners. We see them everywhere in Kathmandu. It’s pretty much a habit for organisers to print flex banners for their upcoming events. But what if there was...