Charity, Challenge and Change: The Kathmandu Arts Center
The Kathmandu Arts Center is set to take Nepali art to the next level, to make it a part of a wider canvas and to let it gel with the...
Issue 87 | February 2009
Love stories are aplenty in the land of the Buddha, Mount Everest and arranged marriages. The task of finding a mate – the most primal of needs and what comes...
The Kathmandu Arts Center is set to take Nepali art to the next level, to make it a part of a wider canvas and to let it gel with the...
A lone sadhu, shrouded in morning mist, crouches on a rock ledge and blows conch, emitting a haunting echo into the forests, caves, ashrams and city streets. Emerging like trails...
At Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport awhile back, when I saw all those tourists headed to Kathmandu, I wondered why so many of them were ready-pressed and dressed like they...
As an ADB economist he worked in China when the country didn’t have a decent hotel, let alone of the five star category—even in Beijing. He was sent along with...
You don’t say! Out of hundreds of Ganesh shrines in the Valley, the one just in front of Banglamukhi temple in Patan is very special. Instead of a...
Twenty years ago, the Tibet Autonomous Region government established the first major protected area in the world to be managed without wardens. March 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of...
During the ‘space race’ between the Soviet Union and United States in the 1960s, an Ameri can aeronautical engineer crafted a parachute to aid the landing of returning...
This editor’s job includes advising and mentoring the writers on our magazine’s team. I’m constantly looking for good advice to pass along about improving writing skills. Each of our writers...
Traditional style weddings, though affected by the demands of modern times, are still prevalent among Brahmins, Chhetris and some Newars and are a treat to watch and fun to be...