A Sadhu by the River
Tell us your story, baba. The paths you have trodden on your darkened bare feet. The pains you have suffered on your journeys and the tears you have shed -...
Issue 99 | February 2010
It was during the heydays of the Panchayati Raj when royalty held sway over the country and the king’s men were all powerful. I was taking a stroll along Durbar...
Tell us your story, baba. The paths you have trodden on your darkened bare feet. The pains you have suffered on your journeys and the tears you have shed -...
The fierce looking Leographs carved on the side struts of the temples of the Kathmandu Valley give you quite a fright at times. Other times, you are amazed by the...
Sri Panchami, also known as Basanta Panchami, is celebrated on the fifth day of the waxing moon during the Nepali month of Magh. Every Nepali month has a Panchami festival...
This February is the month of Lord Shiva, when Mahashivaratri (The Night of Lord Shiva) comes again. The Indian sub-continent will celebrate this festival with great and, at times, wild...
Mount Kailash, located in western Tibet, is a huge mass of black rock soaring to over 22,000 ft. According to legend, it is the abode of Lord Shiva and...
Prix des Droits de l’Homme de la Republique Francaise 2009’ was the prestigious honor awarded to the non-governmental organization, Voice of Children (VOC) along with Enfants et Development (EeD). To...
“Hearing or reading the glory of Rudraksham can drive away the sins of anybody. Be devoted or not, scholar or illiterate, whomsoever it be, one who wears the Rudraksha will...
French artist Julien Solé, whose one-man show at Siddhartha Gallery that will run for three weeks from 26th February, has wandering in his blood. His father, a journalist and writer,...
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What happens when six wordsmiths and seven photographers work in pairs, traveling around the nation, working relentlessly in search of stories on Hajuramas (Grandmothers)? You get a gem of a...
The word Marijuana is used for the dried flowers, seeds and leaves of the hemp plant. The plant ‘Cannabis sativa’ grows readily in many parts of the world. The drug...
M anagement gurus teach us that “if the hammer is the only tool you have, then every problem begins to look like a nail.” Nepali iconography can give us a...