Five days in Gandhara: The Other Side of Pakistan
One doesn’t often get a call from the Embassy of Pakistan. It was an invitation to the “2nd Gandhara Week” promising a five-day trip to the legendary Gandhara region in...
Issue 57 | August 2006
Elfin. Gregarious. That’s Ludmilla Hungerhuber. For someone who loves of it in the Garden of Dreams. Squirrels scurrying amidst the busy medley of people, Ludmilla, Project Manager of the...
One doesn’t often get a call from the Embassy of Pakistan. It was an invitation to the “2nd Gandhara Week” promising a five-day trip to the legendary Gandhara region in...
If you walk from the Greenwich Village towards the Summit Hotel, you will not miss it. ‘Jalan Jalan’ is perched atop Kupondole Heights where the laysian Bistro, the restaurant has...
“I don’t know what happened to the wooden body of the camera, I only have the lens left. Somebody probably used it for firewood” The first time I...
Around the world, there is a consensus that there are only two things certain in life: death and taxes.In Nepal, each year, as the monsoon rains begin, there are numerous...
‘‘Victims must not be pitied but rather, they need to be given appropriate skills for living a normal life’’ With the motto above, ‘Meet Nepal’, a social service...
Anyone who has lived in Calcutta (now Kolkata) for a number of years (those who’ve lived for only a few weeks usually hate it) carries with him/her a deep-seated...
“Pancha Buddhas” are so popular in Nepal that before you enter many houses belonging to Buddhist people, you will notice paintings of five Buddhas above the entrance. These Buddhas are...
“So Far Away from me; you’re so far away from me”, sang the lead singer of the band “Strings” as we walked into G’s Terrace Restaurant & Bar in...
The Kathmandu valley, a miracle of fertility, opens out amid the grandeur of a mountain landscape. Here survives the priceless testimonial of Nepalese Culture expressing both the quest for...
This is a unique album by Nepathya as it is based on an incident that took place in Mainapokhari. On 9th May 2004, a public bus heading for Kathmandu from...
Long Pilgrimage: The Life and Teaching of the Shivapuri Baba is the legacy of Sri Govindananda Bharati, hailed by many as one of India’s greatest unsung saints. Written by John...
“Qi Gong, Tai Chi and other yogic-type exercises all evoke a common state of the body, called the relaxation response. It raises metabolism, lowers the heart rate, blood pressure, rate...