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Abright red spiral is luring people these days to Jawalakhel. They are slowly catching up with the red swirl on a board placed just outside the Standard Chartered Bank, along...

The room in the Summit Hotel where Arlene Blum waited to talk was full of expatriates, not unusual for a Cultural Studies Group talk—but on the side, sitting...

Bright colored and amusing shoes, rubber bands, balls,toys, hats, bags and decora tive items made of felt certainly ignited the child in me. Research on felt products, knitwear and its...

At a time when family mem bers are dispersed and gath erings go without the in volvement of the entire family, it gives a great sense of pleasure to see...

The breathtaking beauty of Nepal is marred by a sinister fact: about 8,000 to 12,000 women and young girls disappear from Nepal annually, most of whom are trafficked to Indian...

Defining music has never been easy, for it is intermingled with human feelings and emotions. People are bound to be enchanted and perplexed at the same time by the diverse...

Collective Expressions 3rd Solo Exhibition by Bhairaj Maharjan Imago Dei, Naxal 3-28 February 2008 The walls of the chic and comfortable café and gallery, Imago Dei, were covered with...

There are writers, and then there are Writers! The one writes a few books that may garner some critical attention; the other creates a masterpiece, or two, or a dozen...

As we drive south of the Kathmandu valley, we pass the huge complex of Tribhuvan University on the right, the dilapidated remains of the Himal Cement Factory to our left,...

State of The Art For decades in Nepal, Nepal’s ancient town of Thimi has remained the not-so-secret hub of not just culture, with its numerous temples and various...

Adoption brings joy. “Some people get families, others get love,” says Mukta Shrestha. “I’ve alwayswished the best for each family.” Mukta, who started to translate for Spanish families 15...

For an historically enlightening walk one day, a friend and I went to see something quite unique in Kathmandu—the British Embassy Cemetery. Not only did we want to see...

The day started off ordinarily enough, if you can call ‘ordinary’ the life of a Peace Corps Volunteer living and working in the hills of Nepal. It seemed ordinary to...