In the Guru's Likeness: Making a Murti in Kathmandu
For the last five years, I have been working in the Kathmandu Valley with Newari bronze casters to create a larger than life-sized murti, or sacred statue since. ...
Issue 55 | June 2006
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. - Benjamin Franklin” Of the seventy-five districts in Nepal, Tansen is the district administration...
For the last five years, I have been working in the Kathmandu Valley with Newari bronze casters to create a larger than life-sized murti, or sacred statue since. ...
Many festivals in Nepal have today become a compulsion and in some cases even a ‘financial and time burden’ due to the dilution over time of the origins and underlying...
An archive of any kind is not only a country’s heritage but is also the world’s historic, economic and cultural legacy. To organize a systematic archive reflects the...
For most of the guests gathered at the Far Pavilion at The Everest Hotel, 12th May proved to be an enthralling night. Pakeeza Nite was indeed an enchanting form of...
It is believed that when Lord Bud-dha took his first seven steps, a lo-tus flower rose out of each spot he stepped on. During my own Bratabandha, I was made...
Indoor plants brighten up your home or office, and caring for houseplants makes for a great hobby during the long inclement months of winter, and even throughout the year....
The Atharvaveda (10.2.31) calls the human body the city of the devas (gods). This passage also speaks of the body consisting of eight cognitive centers which, other references suggest, are...