Unsnarling the Complexities
The cozy, bright interior of GG Machan has been hosting art exhibits for some time now—this is the fifth ‘Art @ GG,’ though the first that I’ve attended. The exhibits...
Issue 202 | September 2018
Live in Style when in Kathmandu Located in a tranquil and peaceful neighborhood of Lalitpur, hidden away from the bustling streets of the city, Suite Homes emphasizes on top...
The cozy, bright interior of GG Machan has been hosting art exhibits for some time now—this is the fifth ‘Art @ GG,’ though the first that I’ve attended. The exhibits...
Photography as an art form is not taken seriously sometimes. A popular saying goes, “Anyone with an expensive camera is a photographer”. To me, photography is a universal language that...
Kathmandu is not Nepal. You may have heard this sentence so many times, but you can’t agree more when you reach Panauti, one of the oldest cities in the country....
With a top New Zealand expert working with the Nepali government to remeasure the world’s tallest mountain post-earthquake, will 8848 still be the magic number? Last week,...
As the month of Shrawan begins, you’ll see the cycle-wallah and other vegetable vendors selling a round object along with other regular vegetables. I’ve come across many people...
In the middle of the factory of Reliance Carpets in Boudha, I stood awestruck. It was an atmosphere I had never experienced before; the room was lively with music, laughter,...
In researching and hunting down wonderful made-in-Nepal items for the magazine, we might occasionally encounter products that are completely new and original, something that we’ve not only never heard of,...
We woke up during a drizzling rainy morning in a hotel at Lakeside, Pokhara, on a Monday in April. Oh no! Was a dream adventure going to be...
The journey starts early in the morning. I get a chance to witness the busy local life of those up at the crack of dawn: people sweeping stairs,...
No Better Way to Understand a Place but to Live with Them It is the green season in the Nepali calendar. I learned this after I arrived at Panauti,...
During the monsoon it’s a good idea to avoid trails that get too muddy and are too narrow. Slipping and sliding is fun as long as you don’t hurt yourself,...
Almost a year ago, in November 2017, I went to meet Manuj Babu Mishra to talk to him about an exhibition of Nepalese contemporary art to be held in Europe...
Thamel’s growth through the years has been an extraordinary one, so much so that now it has achieved international recognition as one of the world’s exotic tourist hubs. Going through...
A chat with the author of ThamelThrough Time Recently, I had the chance to meet Benjamin Linder; the American has just written Thamel Through Time, put out by the...
Sometimes you encounter strange and unexpected oddballs on the sidelines of history. In December 1850, while returning home from their historic tour of Victorian England (the first...
Once upon a time (about three decades ago, to be more specific), the valley of Kathmandu was a veritable Shangri-La. Flights were few and far between, and most tourists were...
If you were to head out on a winter morning somewhere in Morang, Jhapa, or really anywhere in the eastern Terai of Nepal, one of the first things...