Heritage - Music of Nepal
Owing to their historic and natural eminence, ten places in Nepal have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage sites. They include the Hindu temples of Pashupatinath and Changu Narayan, the...
Issue 82 | September 2008
I recently found a website asking for contributions in creative writing. I had nothing to submit, but being curious I clicked on the Writers’ Guidelines (also called ‘Submission Guidelines’) for...
Owing to their historic and natural eminence, ten places in Nepal have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage sites. They include the Hindu temples of Pashupatinath and Changu Narayan, the...
New Nepal, New Voices... new writers, new ideas, great reading. That’s my first take on this book of short stories edited by two Kathmandu-based Nepali writers, Sushma Joshi and Ajit...
Can I protect my mouth if I smoke? No. Nonetheless, there are two things that a smoker can do to keep his oral health in a better shape. ...
This is real! Nick shouted each time a branch hit his thigh or face as our elephant rammed ahead through the bush. He seemed to enjoy every bit of the...
Who and what do you know of Dhulikhel? Located 30 km east of Kathmandu, Dhulikhel was once a major stop in the trans-Himalayan Tibetan trade. Today, astride the Arniko Highway...
Having as many things in the rucksack as possible and,at the same time, staying light is every adventurer’s dilemma while packing for a trip. And if you are someone who...
Whoosh! goes the air around us as we raced down the amazingly long downslope, before returning to the crowded streets of Lalitpur. It was the first time we had...
When one walks, one is brought into touch first of all with the essential relations between one’s physical powers and the character of the country; one is compelled to see...
The landscape stretched on for ever. The mountains reached out from the plains to touch the vastness of the open skies. Overlooking the fluffy clouds on the way, it peaked...
In May 2008 a team of Nepalese researchers visited the remote Tsum valley of upper Gorkha District near the Tibetan border to conduct an assessment for sustainable tourism planning. These...
Trek in the monsoon? a friend asked before I started out. You’re a masochist! he concluded. One August, a few years before the national insurgency made remote trekking dodgy,...
Legends, myths and other spiritual references all clearly present Nepal as one of the holiest places on earth. According to a Hindu belief, Nepal once stood as the kingdom where...