Culture

Eat, drink and be merry

PICS: KIRAN PANDAY Once again, it's that time of year, no points for guessing what. From delectable buffets to inexpensive trips to Dubai,…

DEREK MA

A generation awakens to hip hop

ALL PICS: CHONG ZI LIANG STEP UP: (l-r) Nepali b-boy Naresh Darlami performs an 'elbow freeze'; a Thai judge demonstrates a move at a b-boying…

Sahina Shrestha

Bohemian Nepalis

As the Nepali diaspora expands, it is getting difficult not to see a Nepali restaurant in the world's big cities. But Nepalis can now be found…

Sahina Shrestha

Doctor dogs

MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Mango and Tara are at the Bal Mandir for their monthly play time and seem to enjoy it as much as the children do. Mango…

Sahina Shrestha

Getting a taste of Nepal

Nepali cookbook wins international award

Sahina Shrestha

Holi guacamoli

This year, the women are fighting back

Sahina Shrestha

The Dutch connection

MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Erna Anema came to Nepal from the Netherlands for the mountains, but she fell in love with Kathmandu's art. Anema was…

Sahina Shrestha

Artistic duty

Actors all over Nepal are mobilising to spread the word on elections

Sahina Shrestha

One left foot

A young dancer proves that one leg is enough

Sahina Shrestha

Manang’s battle festival

Ancient ritual is revived, but without the human sacrifices

Sahina Shrestha

The prime minister and the kumari

This year's 250th kumari chariot jatra was different from all previous ones

SCOTT BERRY

Images of sounds

HERBERT GRAMMATIKOPOULOUS Three men bound by a singular passion for the rich, complex tones of bells have put together a stimulating mixed media…

Sahina Shrestha

Music on the border

MARIANO E ABELLO Live music and mild summer evenings are a superb combination. But The Last Resort has found a way to make it even better. On…

Sahina Shrestha

Life, lived through art

Parijat wrote like no one else about loss, sadness, and the intensity of a solitary life

Sahina Shrestha

Riding through history

MIN BAJRACHARYA The current retrospective of the work of Shashi Bikram Shah is a reminder, if one was needed, that art is not meant to be easy.…

Sahina Shrestha

Painting the town RED

MIN BAJRACHARYA Leonhard Stramitz and Nepal go back a long way-back to 1968. His trajectory as an artist, designer and restorer since has had…

Sahina Shrestha

Empty, stately Thapagaun

The Thapas of Muga must act fast to preserve what the past has gifted them

HIMALI DIXIT in DHANKUTA

Kathmandu to Kanyakumari

KIRAN PANDAY Former British ambassador to Nepal, Keith Bloomfield, has always regretted not following the overland hippie trail from Europe to…

Sahina Shrestha

Mud, glorious mud

Adobe architecture is the best alternative to concrete houses

NRIPAL ADHIKARY

Muddy waters

Adobe should be part of a larger change in Nepal's architectural identity

PRABAL THAPA

What’s the buzz, what’s happening?

This may be a good time to start making a glossary of past Nepali ambassadors, where and when they served and reasons for their notoriety. We…

Sahina Shrestha

Newari Dance

ALL PICS: CARLEY PETESCH Below the stoic, humbling mountains that ring Kathmandu Valley, the chaos of life and the lively people who create it…

CARLEY PETESCH

These strangers are family now

Most people find shelters for senior citizens depressing and avoid visiting them. But working on this photo feature at the Pashupati Bridhashram…

PHOTOS and TEXT by SHEHAB UDDIN

Classic Encounters

Improv jazz and classical guitar highlight Friday's club concerts

Sahina Shrestha

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