A Heritage: Newa Chen
The city of Patan has is known as the cultural and architectural capital of Kathmandu Valley. The opulence of the magnificent royal palace complexes, their exquisitely carved lattice windows, the...
Issue 64 | March 2007
Today, we are struggling and also spending huge amounts of money to save the last tigers, elephants and rhinos in the jungles of Nepal. It is clear from history that...
The city of Patan has is known as the cultural and architectural capital of Kathmandu Valley. The opulence of the magnificent royal palace complexes, their exquisitely carved lattice windows, the...
Worshipping of female deities within the Mahayana sect began in the 7th Cent C.E. in the form of Tara. It began with two forms of Tara: the White or Sveta...
The silver teapot caught my eye. The intricate patterns are so fascinating that they could not have been designed in a few days or even weeks. In fact, they have...
Cashmere or pashmina is luxuriant wool, and has been the unrivalled king of fibers. Its silken feel, feather-light weight, and elegance, make it highly desirable for fashion conscious people the...
As the title suggests, this is the third Trikaal album, which was initiated by Navraj Gurung, Santosh Bhakta Shrestha and Sujay Shrestha. This time around the music seems to have...
Streets of Silver, Streets of Gold by John Child is a superb guide to the streets, alleys, byways, temples, palaces and bazaars of Kathmandu Valley’s three great cities. This book...
When many Tibetans left their homeland and settled in Nepal, they started weaving traditional carpets within their settlements. From a small cottage industry, carpet weaving blossomed and became the second...
At his residence, Toya Bahadur Dhakhwa immediately brings out his impressive collec- tion of stamps upon our arrival. With decades of hard work gone into collecting such treasures, he is...
If Aamir Akhtar has his way, cricket could be the next big thing in Nepal and supplant football as the most popular sport in the country – BBC As...
Music is a universal language, which transcends all bound-aries and melts listeners’ hearts, connecting people. And in the case of Ozomatli, it also gets people to jump up and dance. ...
The drizzle outside gave the impression that even the rain was humming to thetunes of devotional music along with the devotees. It was a remarkable day for all devotional music...