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...
Issue 217 | December 2019
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...
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...
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...
From 1975 to 1979, Heinrich Meyer worked with the Bhaktapur Development Project, both as an architect and aiding in monument conservation. It was during this period that he...
Enjoying hot food and beverages Who does not want to drink hot coffee or tea early in the morning, or a wonderful hot chocolate anytime...
Music has existed since the dawn of humankind. It knows no language, no caste, no boundaries. Music isn’t a human possession alone. Even birds know how to sing....
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...
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...
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 -...
Already a pioneer of the concept store, Timro is not resting on its laurels Timro Concept Store has been, since they opened in April...
In the space of ten minutes during a recent school day, eight students generated a list of more than fifty crafts made in the vicinity of their school,...
Throughout the years, Cotton Mill Nepal has transformed crisis into opportunity. The 16 hours of load shedding in their initial phase of operation led them to using hand...
Last September I met with two inspiring women – Parbati Chaudhary and Naina Chaudhary. Parbati, from Padariya Village, Saptari, lost her husband but didn't lose her hope. She...
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. 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...
"During one of her first trips here, Michelle went to Tripureshwor and found 12 different artists in three blocks, which is an impossible prospect these days. For a...
With a studio filled with sculptures and paintings of various styles covering almost every inch of the place, Bijaya Maharjan is one of the most...
Christmas is coming and those of us who celebrate are probably already pulling out our crates of festive decorations and either beginning the hunt for a good live...