Table of Contents

Issue 175 | June 2016

The Pyramid Spiral, Dance of the Five Elements

In this mind blowing book, a step-by-step process of how the manifest world comes into being is suggested through the description of a piece of artwork made by the author...

Calling 101

Calling 101

You will hardly hear any stories about firefighters in Nepal; seldom will you hear little boys and girls say, “I want to be a firefighter”. What happens when you...

For a Cleaner Environment

For a Cleaner Environment

Each of us has a moral duty to dispose garbage in a responsible manner so as to teach future generations about the importance of protecting the environment in which we...

The Bagmati Screaming for Help

The Bagmati Screaming for Help

Bagmati suffers from a plethora of woes, and the journey from a sewer to a holy river again doesn’t seem feasible until there is a proper system for waste segregation...

What's Eating Away Our Temples?

What's Eating Away Our Temples?

The perfume I earlier associated with temples has changed into smell. It isn’t the smell of devotion anymore; it is a stench of disintegrating organic matters. Nostalgia is not...

Healthful Sattoo  of the Terai

Healthful Sattoo of the Terai

There is one distinctive food in the Terai that is truly healthful, and it’s called ‘sattoo’. The people of the Terai (lowlands) are a hardworking lot, most of whom...

A Luxurious Jungle Abode

A Luxurious Jungle Abode

The blend of the local feel and plush atmosphere makes the Taj Meghauli Serai an experience guests will remember for a lifetime. Our boat cruised on the...

Small World, Reconnecting with the Past

“I wonder which of the people who cross my path, their faces unknown to me, have nonetheless played a part in my life without my being the slightest bit aware...

Leaving the Past Behind

Leaving the Past Behind

A year after the devastating April/May earthquakes, the people in Sindhupalchok brave on to restore their livelihoods amidst remnants of the past, uncertainties of the future, and the irregularly frequent...