Robert Redford was at the height of his fame when he visited Nepal in 1982 Robert Redford was an A-list megastar who had dominated Hollywood throughout the 1970s, generally considered the high water mark of American cinema. In those days…
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The Last Days of the Khampa
Meeting General Wangdu in Kathmandu in 1974 before his fate was sealed GUERRILLAS IN THE MIST: One the last photos of the Khampa leader Wangdu taken at the Hotel de l’Annapurna garden in Kathmandu in March 1974. By August the…
The gift of sight in Hetauda
A visit to an eye camp in Hetauda where eyesights have been restored to thousands of elderly Nepalis since 1997 The grey mist hangs heavy in the early morning, wrapping the trees, silencing the birds and reducing the sun to…
Shyam’s Shangrila
Shyam Bahadur Panday’s hotel was a favourite haunt of the early expatriates in Nepal Creator of the successful Shangrila hotel group, with properties in Kathmandu, Pokhara, and soon in Chitwan and Begnas, renowned tourism veteran Shyam Bahadur Panday died last…
Hillary school attains Himalayan heights
Khumjung Secondary School established by Edmund Hillary sees a 100% SEE pass rate Khumjung Secondary School became the the top-performing school in Solukhumbu district last week in the 2024 Secondary Education Examination (SEE), achieving a 100% pass rate with exceptionally…