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Issue 71 | October 2007

Eight is the Number Astamangala

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...

Ghintang  Ghishi Twak!: Gaijatra

Ghintang Ghishi Twak!: Gaijatra

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...

Bali

Bali

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...

A Passion for Fishes: Mark Edmonds

A Passion for Fishes: Mark Edmonds

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,...

Father Watrin's: Gonga Bu Weavers

“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...

Vajra Relaxing Music of Nepal

Vajra Relaxing Music of Nepal

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...

Tilled Earth: Stories'

Tilled Earth: Stories'

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),...