Vivaha Panchami: A celebration of divine love
The epic love story and marriage of Ram Sita is re-lived every year in the very place the story unfolded. Lord Rama held the mighty and lengthy golden bow in...
Issue 122 | January 2012
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. - Robert Louis Stevenson (Travels With A...
The epic love story and marriage of Ram Sita is re-lived every year in the very place the story unfolded. Lord Rama held the mighty and lengthy golden bow in...
A chance invitation to a Newar home provides a journey back in time to a different Nepali era. Imagine yourself taking a walk around Tundikhel in Kathmandu on a warm...
A truly Nepali fabric, ‘dhaka’ belongs to a different, charmed time in Nepal. A friend of mine upon visiting Nepal remarked that we seem to have a national ‘everything’....
MaHa’s satires have been instrumental in bringing forth the commoner’s plights. It helps that they’re also the country’s most beloved actors. Who is Dhruva Ram Pandit? He is a guileless...
It is not just things that carry stories with them. Stories are a kind of thing, too. Stories and objects share something, a patina... Perhaps patina is a process of...
Here is the story of a trek through far west Nepal and into Tibet to Lake Manasarovar and to the foot of Mount Kailash. It is one of those rare...
One of the longest standing monuments in Nepal, Kasthamandap has witnessed the rise and fall of several dynasties and cultures in Kathmandu valley. Kasthamandap, meaning wooden pavilion is rumored...
An increasing number of people are taking art out of the galleries and to the public. In the beginning, I would walk into the middle of the bahal (courtyard)...
Preparing Masala for Bhai Tika can be a wholesome activity that links people with their community. A packet of masala is a treasured part of the Bhai Tika ritual during...
Sitting with Christine Stone is like sharing moments in times pages; immersed in helping fellow man, with faith in the above; shared through a softly animated voice. Now in her...
Picturesque villages and the magnificent Mt. Gauri Shanker make a trek to Kalinchowk worthwhile. As you alight from the bus in Dolakha, the immensity of Mt. Gauri Shanker rises in...
Nepal is home to many beautiful natural and man-made heritage sites that keep bringing many visitors to this country. Today, due to the attention these monuments are getting and the...