Accidental Tourist: Three Days in Banaras
In the late ’80s I decided to make a trip to Madras, Bangalore and Puttapurti. The latter, if you don’t already know, is where Sai Baba has built his ashram...
Issue 71 | October 2007
Life is full of twists and turns, triumphs and defeats, successes and failures, and we have to face the many bumps ahead. But, sometimes a few auspicious or lucky charms...
In the late ’80s I decided to make a trip to Madras, Bangalore and Puttapurti. The latter, if you don’t already know, is where Sai Baba has built his ashram...
If you are as much of a sandwich lover as me and have searched the entire cityscape for a good sandwich without much success, then you haven’t been to the...
Early morning on Wednesday, as the veil of mist lifts from this ancient hill, South west of Kathmandu Valley, the thirsty earth overcrowded with brick houses, soaks in the supple...
Nepal and Nepalis get space in the international me dia for some of the most unique reasons. The sac rifice (bali) of goats under the nose of the Boeing...
There are places where one feels small and insignificant. One of ten feels this way when entering a very large library such as the Tribhuvan University Central Library (TUCL)....
An aquarium with fishes swimming gracefully inside, brings tranquility to your living room. A growing number of Nepali people have started keeping them in their homes. So it seems,...
“Location, location, location!” is what they say when it comes to selling power, but the showroom of the ‘Gonga Bu Weavers’ is just in the wrong location. Their products...
This year Sheri has taken it upon her shoulders to organize "Women in Concert V". It's a daunting task–bringing the singers together, organizing practice with a group of musicians...
Vajra is a combined effort of Santosh Bhakta Shrestha on Israj and Taa, Mohan Prasad Joshi on Jaltarang, Bidur Rajkarnikar on Bhusya, Dhaa, Khin and Tabala, Suresh Raj Bajracharya on...
Manjushree Thapa is a doyen of English language fiction and non-fiction. Her books are accessible, always interesting, provocative, and sometimes controversial. Her first book was Mustang Bhot in Fragments (1992),...
In 1959, The Dalai Lama left Tibet for the Northern Indian city of Dharamsala after the failed uprising against Chinese occupation. He has been living there ever since. In...
Let me introduce you to a club with a simple rule of having no rules: the Hash House Harriers, popularly known as, “A drinking club with a running problem.” This...
If you are as much of a sandwich lover as me and have searched the entire cityscape for a good sandwich without much success, then you haven’t been to the...