The Magic of Touch
A rookie player in the Pashmina market impresses with elegant designs and market know-how. A fabric raised in the lap of the Himalayas, as home grown as it can...
Issue 139 | June 2013
What is culture but an accumulation of our activities? No matter what we call it, it all boils down to culture. What was once considered an importantpart of out culture...
A rookie player in the Pashmina market impresses with elegant designs and market know-how. A fabric raised in the lap of the Himalayas, as home grown as it can...
It doesn’t take much to appreciate. It takes immense generosity however, to allow something to be close to your heart. This is a story of a place which does that...
Thulakot is a quick fix for those who are infected with the obsession to get closer to the mountains. A boat or two were silhouetted on the inky waters...
As writers, especially those of us just starting out, we are always on the lookout for enigmatic and interesting subjects, say, for example, a man who has been living alone...
Take a walk down the steps of the ancient stone water fountains (Dhunge dharas) of Kathmandu and take a closer look at the stone image of Bhagirath just below the...
The Living Traditions Museum in Changu Narayan is a noble effort to present the artistic culture of Nepal’s ethnic groups. I had a wonderful dream this morning,” began Judith Conant...
Speaking the same language in two different worlds can be a life time issue, finds one Nepali who went to school in a region of India that is close to...
A unique housing project in Sangha revives not just old architectural styles but also a charmed Nepali lifestyles of the older days. Kathmandu Valley and the settlements around it...
A trek to one of Nepal’s most popular destinations became a journey to the past. The book in my backpack was Michel Peissel’s ‘Mustang: A Lost Tibetan Kingdom’, but...
This intriguing novel hits on several themes in recent and contemporary Nepalese life, society and politics. It is a well-hewn character study of several individuals caught up in intriguing and...
To understand life in its totality, the body, mind and spirit has to have a common language. Samyack, Shyam and Sundar try to unravel this secret in their recent three...
The adventures hidden behind the mask of religion put on by Jatras of Kathmandu “Haastey…haaisey!” The fervent chants of adolescent participants echoes in the wind, enveloping the sea of...
Producing and growing our own meat, vegetable and cheese encourage not just local production but also better quality and health of the people A few years ago, walking back home...
One of the holiest pilgrimage sites of Buddhism in Nepal is the ideal place to pursue spiritual ends. Sleep, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama sometimes says, is the...