The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Who better than Pico Iyer to write this book?—an inti mate and at times quite per sonal and introspective glimpse of the person and the challenging life of the Dalai...
Issue 81 | August 2008
So you’re thinking of being a writer? Do you have what it takes? Being a writer is not easy. Making a living at it is hard, here in Nepal or...
Who better than Pico Iyer to write this book?—an inti mate and at times quite per sonal and introspective glimpse of the person and the challenging life of the Dalai...
Many people have a worsening teeth condition with no long term future and don’t know what is going to happen when they ultimately loose their teeth. One of the oldest...
The traditional farming methods were the same. There weren’t technologies to support the production of chemical fertilizers, pesticides or growth hormones and other sophistications we use in the modern...
Even as we were about to start interviewing Prof. Dr K K Shrestha, a message was conveyed that a group of four students from UK had arrived. Dr Shrestha is...
Kathmandu is secluded by tiers of lush hills with the Himalayas on the backdrop. Covering an area of 218 sq. miles, the valley is small, yet, blessed with heritages worth...
If things are going wrong or the way you don’t want them to, and you would rather have them take a different course, don’t be upset. You can change the...
When you tumble on anunfamiliar plant species in Nepal, where do you go to find out its taxonomy? Either the UK or Japan! That’s where you go or send a...
For Dan Bahadur Rai, better known as ‘Beni Kanchha’ of Mai Beni village in Bhojpur District, that October day began like any other. Kanchha and his mates Nabin Rai and...
Can Nepal become a developed country? Will the Nepalese ever achieve the standard of living enjoyed by people of the first world? Children begging for alms on the streets, decrepit...
I have lived ten years of my life in Hetauda, Makwanpur District, which is enough to make me an expert in growing maize. Each year, everyone in my small town...
Flowers have been a favorite subject of artists, poets, writers and philosophers for cen- turies. The celebrated works of William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (also known as...
Belief in higher power and divinity is integral to human nature. Prayers and worships performed with hopes of prosperity and strength to move forward are symbol of devotion. A typical...