Prayag Raj Sharma: History's Spokesman
Meeting Prayag Raj Sharma is a discovery in itself. I haven’t known anyone who has been to the camps of the rebellious Khampas before they were driven out of Nepal,...
Issue 96 | November 2009
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...
Meeting Prayag Raj Sharma is a discovery in itself. I haven’t known anyone who has been to the camps of the rebellious Khampas before they were driven out of Nepal,...
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...
The Newar people are the original settelers of Kathmandu’s valley, their culture is rich in its blending of mysticism and everyday life, this is most evident in their daily household...
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...
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...
Before, you read that all roads led to Rome. In Nepal today, you read – and it seems the entire nation is being led to – the road. On...
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,...
Meeting Prayag Raj Sharma is a discovery in itself. I haven’t known anyone who has been to the camps of the rebellious Khampas before they were driven out of Nepal,...
From the beginning of time humans have dreamed about living in a peaceful world. To most of us we seem no better off than we were 2,600 years ago...
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...
Medicines form a major component of the cost of modern medical care. Concern has been raised the world over about the increasing cost of modern drug treatment. In this article...
Nepali literature has a proud tradition of social engagement and aesthetic experimentation” writes Manjushree Thapa at the opening of The Country Is Yours. Here, in 189 pages is a sampling...