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A night of Stevie Wonder

We is the king of the 'last slow dance' and no romantic compilation album would be complete without 'I just called to say I love you' while many…

Electric 'car'-nival

MIN RATNA BAJRACHARYA Most of Kathmandu's battery-operated vehicles will be joining a charity electric car rally next month to raise money for…

City of divine lights

Where does God exist? This is a question humankind has struggled with through the ages.

ROMA ARYAL AND SHRADHA BASNYAT

The word from the top of the world

KAJI SHERPA "Will I ever climb Mt Everest?" I had asked a palm reader two years ago, unsure what the future held for me. But I hadn't waited…

SHAILEE BASNET

The gods have won

JAMIE MCGUINNESS/PROJECT HIMALAYA "I am in Thamel now and I couldn't be feeling better!" Iñaki Ochoa de Olza emailed on arriving in Kathmandu…

BILLI BIERLING

Women on top

SUNDAR SHRESTHA The Himalmedia flag flew high atop Chomolungma on 25 May. Himal Khabarpatrika reporter Shailee Basnet managed to scale the…

A Himalayan spring

It has been a record-breaking climbing season

Never too late

WFP-JAMES GIAMBRONE 25 May was a great day for another Chomolungma summiteer. Min Bahadur Sherchan, at 76-going-on-77, became the oldest person…

On Everest, everything is for sale

High Crimes The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed By Michael Kodas Hperion, New York 2008 pp 368, $24.95 (hardback)When American journalist,…

Up close and personal at rare 1974AD reunion

It has been 14 years since 1974AD first performed, and the Nepali rock fusion group is performing at the courtyard of the Patan Museum on…

How deep is your love?

February is here again, month of love and leap years. As always, there's Valentine's day looming and you probably haven't got anything for your…

Bardiya’s peace dividend

Safari tourism in western Nepal bounces back

WANDA VIVEQUIN in BARDIYA

Meditating in ’Mandu

Spiritual retreats are still one of Nepal's main tourist draws

IRENE PERONI

The other guy

Prashant Tamang's fame eclipsed a talented and modest Amit Paul

ELIZABETH J GIBSON

Next time you chomp on a buff momo...

...look how buffaloes are transported

PRANAYA SJB RANA

Movie masala

Film festival celebrates South Asia's finest talent

Moustaches, warts and all

Documentary film festival brings vivid realities to the silver screen

DIWAS KC & A. ANGELO D’SILVA

Join the joyride

There may be a petrol shortage, but car sales are soaring

PANKAJ RAYAMAJHI and TRISHNA GURUNG

Cloudscapes of the mind

Don't forget to look up at the post-monsoon extravaganza in the sky above you

GOBAR!

Now we know why cowdung is holy

NARESH NEWAR in SUNSARI

Monsoon mountain madness

Being a little adventurous and less hysterical about leeches has unexpected rewards

PRANAYA SJB RANA

An unholy holy river

Pollution and encroachment have destroyed the Valley's historic river

PRANAYA SJB RANA

Take the long, hard way

When potholes become your best friend and bad roads your life

ANOOP PANDEY

Manaslu, spirit mountain

(TEXT and PICTURE by KIRAN PANDAY) Ever since a Japanese expedition first made a reconnaissance of the eastern slopes of Mt Manaslu, the…

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