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Issue 96 | November 2009

The Martial Art of Taekwondo

After leg and kicking exercises we began on our hand routines. We punched again and again, our fists twisting their way quickly and powerfully from our waists, accelerating through the...

What Are You Reading Now?

What Are You Reading Now?

The Writer is a monthly magazine full of ‘Advice and inspiration for today’s writer’, it says on the cover. While thumbing through a recent issue I stopped cold at the...

Nepali Spices: Too Hot to Handle

Nepali Spices: Too Hot to Handle

These headlines trumpeted the success stories for two small countries in opposite corners of the world. The common source of the two nations’ pride was cardamom, a name used for...

The Restorers

The Restorers

He realized that the month’s time given to him was too short for such an important work; nevertheless, he sent back a three page report stating that many...

Joanna Lumley in Nepal: Championing The Gurkha Cause

The first thing you notice about Joanna Lumley these days is the way she pronounces Nepal. She is delighted to be in Nep-hal, she tells us, in her incredibly posh,...

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

He shows me a clipping from Kathmandu Post dated December 11, 2008. It has a photo of a small boy painting on a piece of paper in Kathmandu Durbar...