history

A portal into Patan’s past and present

For nearly 30 years, Patan Museum has connected Nepalis and visitors to Kathmandu Valley civilisation

The Sita-Ram corridor

Ayodhya in India and Janakpur in Nepal have a connection that predates the national boundary

Retelling Gurkha history

Paying artistic homage to the lives of wives Nepalis left behind when they went to war

Pinki Sris Rana

Memories of an archivist

Pioneer of microfilming in Nepal has made it his life’s mission to preserve ancient documents

Wine, women and song

Bishnu Shumsher Rana, the Nepali prince who was a cultural rebel in search of personal freedom

History on canvas

Depicting through paintings the unification of Kathmandu Valley before Prithvi Narayan Shah

An archive of Nepali heritage

The Nepal Architecture Archive sets an example on how to preserve the country's cultural history

Ashish Dhakal

Singha Darbar, not Singapore

The obsession of our leaders with Singapore is unmatched. Every prime minister we have had in the 30 years (some of them...

Painted walls and pieces of history

The noise and dust from busy traffic at the Mangal Bazar intersection filters in through the lattice window at a corner of...

Ashish Dhakal

Buried in history

The British cemetery at Kathmandu is little known but not hard to find.Keep the imposing white sweep of the British Embassy gate...

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