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Issue 109 | December 2010

A Season of Rice

Rice planting is tough business. First, seedlings are grown in small patches. As soon as the previous paddy is harvested, the men arrive with their ox. They wade behind the...

Bhaat Khanu Bhayo?

Bhaat Khanu Bhayo?

In France they will say, ‘Comment ca va?’ and in most English speaking countries the common mode of greeting is, ‘How are you?’ Here in Nepal, people are more likely...

Sweet Tooth in Nepal

Sweet Tooth in Nepal

No cookbook or well-used recipe notes sit on the kitchen table at Lochana’s house where I am celebrating Dashain with the family. There are no instructions or guidelines and no...

A Feast  Fit  for  Kings

A Feast Fit for Kings

W ithout being disparaging, allow me to quote an old Nepali saying - Brahmins are spoiled due to indulgence, and Newars, due to too much of feasting. How far it...

Baithak Restaurant: For the True Maharaja Experience

While strolling through the paths, shops and restaurants in whitewashed Babar Mahal Revisited, it’s easy to forget that it’s 2010. There are strikingly green palm trees set against white walls,...

Sukuti:The Dry Meat Delicacy

Sukuti:The Dry Meat Delicacy

There had been an animal sacrifice. The priest called in by the family had worshipped the buffalo in front of the shrine of the gods, smearing the head with vermillion...

Aina Jhyal:The New Album from Nepathya

Aina Jhyal:The New Album from Nepathya

Winning thousands of hearts through their beautiful songs, Nepathya has been a trendsetter in the field of music for the last 19 years. Blending folk melodies into youth-friendly pop and...

Books for Birding in Nepal

Books for Birding in Nepal

"One cannot have too many good bird books” (RALPH HOFFMANN, 1927) Before I first came to Nepal, I asked the ornithologist S. Dillon Ripley of the Smithsonian Institution...

Full Pot

Full Pot

At the heart of ancient Kathmandu city is a temple that is dedicated to the full (purna) pot of grains (anna). No one can really tell us how old this...