rituals

With the shamans of Gosainkunda

A week before my planned trek to Gosaikunda last month, I was in Kathmandu uncertain if the annual Janai Purnima festival at...

Long live tradition

Traditionally, the average lifespan of a Nepali used to be 40-45. Child mortality rate was high, and very few people lived to...

Monika Deupala

Long live tradition

Traditionally, the average lifespan of a Nepali used to be 40-45. Child mortality rate was high, and very few people lived to...

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