NEPALI TIMES, So Far So Good

Hippie Trail nostalgia in Kathmandu

The dusty overland vans were parked between rickshaws, tiger taxis, lounging bulls and grazing goats Perhaps it’s the reflective, introspective mood brought on by the lockdown, or the re-examination of history as we seek to define Nepal’s border limits, but the media has recently seen considerable nostalgic chatter about the…

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NEPALI TIMES, So Far So Good

Ode on unlocking

Nature is settling into the hollow spaces of the lockdown No-one forgets there is a lockdown going on, but you could be forgiven for believing the Valley is a beyul cloaked in emerald, a sanctuary freshly washed with unseasonal downpours, the air unusually pristine and clement. No-one forgets that the process of unlocking might…

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NEPALI TIMES, So Far So Good

Where is Richard Morris?

The former British ambassador to Nepal has been missing near his home in UK for the past three weeks Who would have thought it, such a nice, modest man. A quiet, measured man who would be astounded at all the fuss — police searches, global press and media swarming around…

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