Old Aristocracy for Dinner in Thamel, Jaika: The Nepali Cuisine
Thamel was primarily a station of Narsingh Ranas, descendents of Bal Narsingh Rana, brother of Jung Bahadur Rana who pioneered the 104 years of Rana rule in Nepal. That was...
Issue 84 | November 2008
German archaeologist proves migration to the Siwalik ranges during the Stone Age A review of the academic legacy of late Dr Gudrun Corvinus Gudrun Corvinus, 2007, Prehistoric Cultures in...
Thamel was primarily a station of Narsingh Ranas, descendents of Bal Narsingh Rana, brother of Jung Bahadur Rana who pioneered the 104 years of Rana rule in Nepal. That was...
What is Time, but the seed of the universe (The Mahabharat)? A small creak will eventually buy its way through the mountain, that at first looks so invulnerable, especially to...
Dr E. Knox told his colleagues in Kathmandu that he’d just visited hell and was “glad to be back!” It was overstatement, of course, but that’s how the doctor...
I was shivering. My legs were quivering as if I was faced with a huge, dangerous, wild animal. Instead, I was faced with a hug dangerous, wild six-foot drop into...
Call it a ‘lead’, a ‘hook’ or a ‘peg’—in writing it means one thing, those first few line in a story that beckon, inform, invite, attract and entice. “Based on...
The vast majority of anthropologists who have conducted and published research on Nepal have focused largely on traditional rural society. They’ve studied one or another ethnic group or village, or...
Children typically start to lose their baby teeth and replace them with adult teeth when they are six or seven years old. Some children start losing teeth earlier; others start...
From a distance the building looks like an ancient palace built by one of the erstwhile kings. As you approach, you’ll realize that the place is more akin to...
Where do you go for treatment when you are ill? The choice is immense: international or local, Western or Eastern, contemporary or traditional... There are many options and although healing...
Alone bugle sounded across the open field. Then the band master walked alone toward the still and silent marching band. ‘Beating the Retreat’ was about to start at the National...
The world is in a big hurry and shows no sign of slowing down. Kathmandu is no ex- ception; in fact it is in one of the high points in...
The barrows and baskets are piled high with vegetables.There are green peppers that seem to be recently plucked from the garden. There are egg-plants and aubergines that shine with their...